Tajik edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian مَهْتَاب (mahtāb), from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hhtáwbah, from *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mähˈtɔb/, [mäɦt̪ʰɔ́b]

Noun edit

Dari مهتاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳтоб

маҳтоб (mahtob) (plural маҳтобҳо)

  1. moon

Yagnobi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *mā́Hhtáwbah, from *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun edit

маҳтоб (mahtob)

  1. moon