شباط
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum). Cognate with Hebrew שְׁבָט (sh'vat, “Shebat, the eleventh month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).
Proper noun edit
شُبَاط • (šubāṭ) m
- February (Solar calendar used in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq)
Declension edit
Declension of noun شُبَاط (šubāṭ)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | شُبَاط šubāṭ |
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Nominative | — | شُبَاطُ šubāṭu |
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Accusative | — | شُبَاطَ šubāṭa |
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Genitive | — | شُبَاطَ šubāṭa |
— |
Descendants edit
- → Persian: شباط (šobât)
See also edit
- (month): Previous: كَانُون الثَّانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī). Next: آذَار (ʔāḏār)
- صَفَر (ṣafar)
- فِبْرَايِر (fibrāyir)
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic شُبَاط (šubāṭ), from Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃu.ˈβɑːt]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃo.bɒ́ːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃu.bɔ́t̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šuḇāt |
Dari reading? | šubāt |
Iranian reading? | šobât |
Tajik reading? | šubot |
Noun edit
Dari | شباط |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шубот |
شُباط • (šobât)
- (Syriac calendar) February
See also edit
- (month): Previous: کانون ثانی (kânun-e sâni). Next: آذار (âzâr)
Further reading edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شباط”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic شُبَاط (šubāṭ), from Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ).
Noun edit
شباط • (šbāṭ) m
See also edit
Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) | |||
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January | February | March | April |
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) |
شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ) |
شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār) |
شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān) |
May | June | July | August |
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār) |
شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān) |
شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz) |
شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb) |
September | October | November | December |
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl) |
شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) |
شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) |
شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal) |