آفتاب

آفتاب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian آفتاب‎ (âftâb).

Noun

آفتاب • (afitab)

1. sun

   Synonyms: شمس‎ (şems), گونش‎ (güneş)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾptʾb /āftāb/, “sunshine”) (compare [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (ʾpdʾb /ābdāb/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to heat, to be warm”).[1] Equivalent to آف‎ (âf) +‎ تاب‎ (tâb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːfˈtɑːb/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːfˈtɑːb/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːfˈtɒːb/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔfˈtɔb/

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Noun

Dari	آفتاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	офтоб (oftob)

آفتاب • (âftâb)

1. sunlight, sunshine

   Coordinate term: مهتاب‎ (mahtâb, “moonlight”)

2. sun

   Synonym: خورشید‎ (xoršid)

   Coordinate term: ماه‎ (mâh, “moon”)

Derived terms

• آفتابی‎ (âftâbi)

Descendants

• → Bengali: আফতাব (aftab)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ئاپتاپ‎ (aptap)
  • Uzbek: oftob
  • → Kazakh: аптап (aptap)
• → Classical Malay:
  • Indonesian: aftab
  • Malay: aftab
• → Hindustani: āftāb

  Hindi: आफ़ताब

  Urdu: آفتاب‎‎

• → Punjabi: ਆਫ਼ਤਾਬ (āfatāb)
• → Yagnobi: офтоб (oftob)

References

1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*tap”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آفتاب‎ (âftâb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːf.t̪ɑːb/

Noun

آفْتاب • (āftāb) m (Hindi spelling आफ़ताब)

1. Sun

References

• “آفتاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آفتاب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.