शब बख़ैर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शब-बख़ैर (śab-baxair), शब-ब-ख़ैर (śab-ba-xair)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شب بخیر (šab ba-xayr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəb bə.xɛːɾ/, [ʃɐb‿bɐ.xɛːɾ], /ʃəb bə.kʰɛːɾ/, [ʃɐb‿bɐ.kʰɛːɾ]

Phrase

शब बख़ैर • (śab baxair) (Urdu spelling شب بخیر)

1. good night

   Synonym: शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press