تابش

Persian

Etymology

From تاب (tâb, “shine”) +‎ ـش (-eš, suffix forming nouns from a present stem verb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.βiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɪʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɪʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɪʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.biʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.beʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.biʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	taḇiš
Dari reading?	tabiš
Iranian reading?	tabeš
Tajik reading?	tabiš

Noun

Dari	تابش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	табиш

تابش • (tabeš)

1. radiancy, brightness, act of shining
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 792:

     تابش خورشید او را می‏کشد
     رنج او خورشید هرگز کی کشد

     tabiš-i xwaršēd ō rā mē-kušad
     ranj-i ō xwaršēd hargiz kay kašad

     The glow of the sun kills it;
     how should the sun ever suffer annoyance from it?

2. lustre, glitter
3. heat
4. strength

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تابش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تابش (tābiš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.bɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

تابِش • (tābiś) f (Hindi spelling ताबिश)

1. radiation
2. brilliance, splendour

Declension

Declension of تابش
	singular	plural
direct	تابش (tābiś)	تابشیں (tābiśẽ)
oblique	تابش (tābiś)	تابشوں (tābiśõ)
vocative	تابش (tābiś)	تابشو (tābiśo)

Further reading

• “تابش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.