لابه

See also: لابة

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lābag /⁠lʾpk'⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑː.ˈβa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.bǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.bǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.bǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.bé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lāḇa
Dari reading^?	lāba
Iranian reading^?	lâbe
Tajik reading^?	loba

Noun

لابه • (lâbe)

humble supplication; entreaty
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
  بدانست رستم که لابه به کار
  نیاید همی پیش اسفندیار
  کمان را به زه کرد و آن تیر گز
  که پیکانش را داده بد آب رز
  همی راند تیر گز اندر کمان
  bidānist rustam ki lāba ba kār
  nay-āyad hamē pēš-i isfandiyār
  kamān rā ba zih kard u ān tīr-i gaz
  ki paykān-aš rā dāda bud āb-i raz
  hamē rānd tār-i gaz andar kamān
  Rustam understood that humble entreaty
  Was of no use before Isfandiyār.
  He strung his bow, and that tamarisk arrow
  Whose arrowpoint he had dipped in wine:
  He was running that arrow upon the bow.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

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