ثواب
Arabic edit
Root |
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ث و ب (ṯ-w-b) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ثَوَاب • (ṯawāb) m
- remuneration; reward
- (Islam) sawab; a spiritual merit or reward that accrues from giving prayers or from performance of good deeds and piety
Declension edit
Declension of noun ثَوَاب (ṯawāb)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ثَوَاب ṯawāb |
الثَّوَاب aṯ-ṯawāb |
ثَوَاب ṯawāb |
Nominative | ثَوَابٌ ṯawābun |
الثَّوَابُ aṯ-ṯawābu |
ثَوَابُ ṯawābu |
Accusative | ثَوَابًا ṯawāban |
الثَّوَابَ aṯ-ṯawāba |
ثَوَابَ ṯawāba |
Genitive | ثَوَابٍ ṯawābin |
الثَّوَابِ aṯ-ṯawābi |
ثَوَابِ ṯawābi |
Antonyms edit
- عِقَاب (ʕiqāb, “punishment”)
Descendants edit
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
- (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: sevap
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.ˈwɑːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.vɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.vɔ́b]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sawāḇ |
Dari reading? | sawāb |
Iranian reading? | savâb |
Tajik reading? | savob |
Noun edit
ثواب • (savâb)
- divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 422”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثواب
کشتهٔ غمزهٔ خود را به نماز آمدهای- āfarīn bar dil-i narm-i tu ki az bahr-i sawāb
kušta-yi ğamza-yi xwad rā ba namāz āmada'ī - Praise upon your tender heart! For the sake of divine reward
You have begun to pray for those who were killed by your flirtatiousness.
- āfarīn bar dil-i narm-i tu ki az bahr-i sawāb
Descendants edit
- → Gujarati: સવાબ (savāb)
Sindhi edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ثواب • (savābu) m (Devanagari सवाबु)
References edit
- “ثواب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb), from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ʋɑːb/
Noun edit
ثَواب • (savāb) m (Hindi spelling सवाब)