تنبیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَنْبِيه (tanbīh, “awakening”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tam.ˈbiːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bíːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bíːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.bíːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.béʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tambīh
Dari reading?	tambīh
Iranian reading?	tambih
Tajik reading?	tambih

Noun

Dari	تنبیه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	танбеҳ

تنبیه • (tambih) (plural تنبیهات (tambihât))

1. reprimand, reproach, warning
2. punishment
3. (archaic) awakening; rousing
   • early 1200s, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, مختارنامه [Mukhtārnāma]‎^[1]:

     چندان که ز مرگ میبگویم دل را
     تنبیه نمیاوفتد این غافل را

     čandān ki zi marg mē-bigūyam dil rā
     tambīh na-mē-ūftad īn ğāfil rā

     I spoke of death to my heart too often,
     So awakening never reached this heedless [heart].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)