سبو

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.βoː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.boː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.boː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.boː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.bʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.buː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	saḇō
Dari reading?	sabō
Iranian reading?	sabu
Tajik reading?	sabü

Noun

Dari	سبو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сабӯ

سبو • (sabu)

1. pitcher, jar, pot
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1021:

     چند بازی عشق با نقش سبو
     بگذر از نقش سبو رو آب جو

     čand bāzī 'išq bā naqš-i sabō
     bi-guzar az naqš-i sabō raw āb jō

     How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug?
     Leave the shape of the jug; go, seek the water.

References

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