See also: بت, پت, بَٹ, and بٞٹ

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Root
ت ب ب (t-b-b)

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تَبَّ (tabba) I, non-past يَتِبُّ‎ (yatibbu)

  1. to perish, to be ruined
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:1:
      تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
      tabbat yadā ʔabī lahabin watabba
      May the hands of The Father of The Fire be ruined, and ruined is he.
  2. (transitive) to decimate, to annihilate, to destroy
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تَبّ (tabbm

  1. verbal noun of تَبَّ (tabba) (form I)
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تُبْ (tub) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of تَابَ (tāba)

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tp /⁠tab⁠/, fever), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tépos (heat, warmth). Related to Sanskrit तपस् (tapas), and Old Armenian տապ (tap, heat), an Iranian borrowing.

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Readings
Classical reading? taḇ
Dari reading? tab
Iranian reading? tab
Tajik reading? tab

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تب (tab)

  1. fever

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From Sanskrit (ta, this; that) + एवम् एव (evam eva, just so).

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تَب (tab) (Hindi spelling तब)

  1. then
    Synonym: تَتْکالِین (tatkālīn)