تباه

Arabic

Noun

تَبَاهٍ • (tabāhin) m

verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā)

Declension

Declension of noun تَبَاهٍ (tabāhin)

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَبَاهِي tabāhī	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī
Nominative	تَبَاهٍ tabāhin	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī
Accusative	تَبَاهِيًا tabāhiyan	التَّبَاهِيَ at-tabāhiya	تَبَاهِيَ tabāhiya
Genitive	تَبَاهٍ tabāhin	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tpʾh /⁠tabāh⁠/, “injury”), from Proto-Iranian *tap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm, to be hot”). Compare Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “heat; torment”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ˈβɑːh]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɑ́ːʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.bɒ́ːʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	taḇāh
Dari reading^?	tabāh
Iranian reading^?	tabâh
Tajik reading^?	taboh

Adjective

تباه • (tabâh)

corrupt; spoilt; ruined
Synonym: خراب (xarâb)
- c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:
  ندارد بدین خط کسی دستگاه
  بترسم که گردد بیک ره تباه
  na-dārad bad-ēn xat kasē dastgāh
  betarsam ki gardad ba yak rāh tabāh
  Nobody has the skill to read this script,
  I fear that it shall be lost at one stroke.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Related terms

تباه کار (tabâh kâr)
تباه کردن (tabâh kardan)
تباهی (tabâhi)
تبست (tabast)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तबाह (tabāh)

Urdu: تَباہ (tabāh)

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