शब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šab). Cognate of Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəb/, [ʃɐb]
Rhymes: -əb

Noun

शब • (śab) f (Urdu spelling شب)

(poetic) night
Synonyms: रात (rāt), रात्रि (rātri)

शब बख़ैर ― śab baxair ― good night (Urdu)

Declension

Declension of शब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शब śab	शब śab
oblique	शब śab	शबों śabõ
vocative	शब śab	शबो śabo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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