شب‌بوی

Persian

Alternative forms

• شب‌بو (šab-bô)
• شب بوی (šab-bôy), شب بو (šab-bô)

Etymology

From شب šab 'night' + بوی buy 'fragrance'.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb boːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb boːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäb boːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäb̥ bʊːj]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	šaḇ bōy
Dari reading?	šab bōy
Iranian reading?	šab buy
Tajik reading?	šab büy

Noun

شب‌بوی • (šab-bôy) (plural شب‌بویان (šab-bôyân))

1. stock (Matthiola gen. et spp.)

   Synonym: چلیپای (čalîpâ'î)

2. gillyflower (Malcolmia gen. et spp.)
3. wallflower (Erysimum gen. et spp.)

   Synonym: خیری (xeyri)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şəbbu
• → Ottoman Turkish: شببوی (şebboy, şebbuy)
  • Turkish: şebboy, şebbuy
  • → Albanian: sheboj, shebuk
  • → Bulgarian: шибо́й (šibój), шебо́й (šebój)
  • → Macedonian: шебој (šeboj)
  • → Romanian: șiboi (archaic)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шѐбој

    Latin script: šèboj

    • → Slovene: šebọ̑j