آب حیات

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (literally “water of life”).

Noun

آب حیات • (ab-ı hayat)

elixir of life

Descendants

Turkish: abıhayat

Persian

Etymology

Ezafe of (âb, “water”) +‎ (hayât, “life”), literally “water of life”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.βi ha.jɑːt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɪ hä.jɑːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bɪ ʔä.jɑːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bi ʔä.jɔːt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.be hejɒːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bi hä.jɔt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āḇi hayāt
Dari reading^?	ābi hayāt
Iranian reading^?	âbe heyât
Tajik reading^?	obi hayot

Noun


Iranian Persian	آب حیات
Dari	آب حیات
Tajik	оби ҳаёт

آب حیات • (âb-e hayât)

Ab-i Hayat, elixir of life

Synonyms

آب بقا (âb-e baqâ)
آب زندگانی (âb-e zendegâni)
آب زندگی (âb-e zendegi)
آب خضر (âb-e xezr)
چشمه زندگی (češme-ye zendegi)
چشمه خضر (češme-ye xezr)
چشمه کوثر (češme-ye kowsar)
ماءالحیات (mâ'-ol-hayât)
اکسیر حیات (eksir-e hayât)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: abi-həyat
→ Bengali: আবে হায়াত (abe haẏat)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آب حیات (ab-ı hayat)
- Turkish: abıhayat
→ Urdu: آب حیات (āb-e-hayāt)
→ Uzbek: obi-hayot

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āb-i hayāt, literally “water of life”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːb.e.ɦə.jɑːt̪/
Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

آب حیات • (āb-e-hayāt) m (Hindi spelling आब-ए-हयात)

elixir of life, aqua vitae

Synonyms

آب بقا (āb-e-baqā)

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