صبح بخیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَبَاح الخَيْر (ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [suβ ba.ˈxajɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊb bä.xǽjɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊb bä.xǽjɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊb bä.xǽjɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sub̥ bä.xǽjɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sob̥ be.ˈxejɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sub bä.χǽjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	suḇ baxayr
Dari reading?	sub baxayr
Iranian reading?	sob bexeyr
Tajik reading?	sub baxayr

Interjection

Dari	صبح بخیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	субҳ ба хайр

صُبْح بِخِیْر • (sobh bexeyr)

1. good morning

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सुबह बख़ैर (subah baxair)

  Urdu: صُبْح بَخَیر (subh baxair)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صُبْح بَخَیْر (subh baxayr), from Arabic صَبَاح الخَيْر (ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊ.bəɦ bə.xɛːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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Interjection

صُبْح بَخَیر • (subh baxair) (Hindi spelling सुबह बख़ैर)

1. good morning

Related terms

• شام بَخَیر (śām baxair, “good evening”)
• شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair, “good night”)

References

• “صبح+بخیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صبح+بخیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.