شاباش

Persian

Etymology

From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, “excellent! well done!”, literally “be happy!”), from شاد (šâd, “happy”) + باش (bâš, “be”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈβɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.bɑ́ːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.bɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.bɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.bɔ́ːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.bɒ́ːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.bɔ́ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāḇāš
Dari reading?	šābāš
Iranian reading?	šâbâš
Tajik reading?	šoboš

Interjection

Dari	شاباش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шобош

شاباش • (šâbâš)

1. bravo! excellent!

Noun

شاباش • (šâbâš)

1. money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers

Descendants

• → Armenian: շաբաշ (šabaš)
• → Assamese: চাবাচ (sabas)
• → Azerbaijani: şabaş
• → Bengali: শাবাশ (śabaś)
• → Georgian: შაბაში (šabaši)
• → Gujarati: શાબાશ (śābāś)
• → Marathi: शाबास (śābās)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاباش (şabaş)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś)

  Shahmukhi script: شاباش (śābāś)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शाबाश (śābāś)

  • → English: shabash
  • → Malay: syabas

  Urdu: شاباش (śābāś)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شاباش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 720

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʃäː.bäːʃᵊ/

Interjection

شاباش • (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)

1. shabash, good job

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.bɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Interjection

شاباش • (śābāś) (Hindi spelling शाबाश)

1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!

Related terms

• شاد باش (śād-bāś, “may you always be happy”)
• شاباشی (śābāśī, “praise, commendation”)
• شاد باد (śād bād)