اعجوبه

Persian

Alternative forms

• عُجُوبَه
• اُعْجُوبَة (u'jūba, u'jūbat) (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُعْجُوبَة (ʔuʕjūba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔuʔ.d͡ʒuː.βa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo̞ʔ.d͡ʒuː.bä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo̞ʔ.d͡ʒuː.bä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔoː.d͡ʒuː.bä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔʊː.d͡ʒu.bä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoʔ.d͡ʒuː.be]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɵʔ.d͡ʒu.bä], [ʔäʔ.d͡ʒu.bä]

Readings
Classical reading?	u'jūḇa
Dari reading?	o'jūba
Iranian reading?	o'jube
Tajik reading?	üʾjuba, aʾjuba

Noun

Dari	اعجوبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	уъҷуба, аъҷуба

اعجوبه • (o'jube)

1. miracle, wonder
2. prodigy

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (from the variant عُجُوبَه (ujūba))

  Hindi: अजूबा (ajūbā)

  Urdu: عَجُوبَہ ('ajūba)

Further reading

• “اعجوبه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اعجوبه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul