Arabic edit

Noun edit

تَبَاهٍ (tabāhinm

  1. verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā)

Declension edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tpʾh /⁠tabāh⁠/, injury), from Proto-Iranian *tap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be warm, to be hot). Compare Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, heat; torment).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? taḇāh
Dari reading? tabāh
Iranian reading? tabâh
Tajik reading? taboh

Adjective edit

تباه (tabâh)

  1. corrupt; spoilt; ruined
    Synonym: خراب (xarâb)
    • c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:
      ندارد بدین خط کسی دستگاه
      بترسم که گردد بیک ره تباه
      na-dārad bad-ēn xat kasē dastgāh
      betarsam ki gardad ba yak rāh tabāh
      Nobody has the skill to read this script,
      I fear that it shall be lost at one stroke.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

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Descendants edit

  •  Hindustani:
    Hindi: तबाह (tabāh)
    Urdu: تَباہ (tabāh)