امشب

Persian

Alternative forms

• امشو (emšow) (colloquial)

Etymology

From امـ (em, “to-; this”) +‎ شب (šab, “night”), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭣𐭭𐭤 (im, “this”) + [script needed] (šp /⁠šab⁠/, “night”). Compare Mazanderani ام شو (am šo, “tonight”), Central Kurdish ئەمشەو (emşew, “tonight”), Northern Kurdish îşev (“tonight”), Pashto نن شپه (nan ⁠špa, “tonight”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ʃaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ʃäb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ʃäb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.ʃäw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ʃäw], [ʔim.ʃeːw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.ʃæb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ʃäb]

Readings
Classical reading?	imšaḇ
Dari reading?	imšab
Iranian reading?	emšab
Tajik reading?	imšab

Adverb

Dari	امشب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имшаб

امشب • (emšab)

1. tonight
2. this evening

   علی قراره امشب برامون بخونه؟

   ali qarâre emšab barâmun bexune?

   Is Ali going to sing for us tonight?