تابستان

Persian

Alternative forms

تابستون (tâbestun) (dialectal, Tehrani)
توسون (tovessun) (dialectal, Shiraz)^[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭 (tʾpstʾn /⁠tābestān⁠/). By surface analysis, (tâb, “heat”) +‎ (estân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taː.bis.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.bɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.bis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.bes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.bes.t̪ʰúːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.bis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tābistān
Dari reading^?	tābistān
Iranian reading^?	tâbestân
Tajik reading^?	tobiston

(Shiraz) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰo.ves.suːn/
Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	تابستان
Dari	تابستان
Tajik	тобистон

تابستان • (tâbestân) (plural تابستان‌ها)

summer

Related terms

تابستانی (tâbestâni)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: તાબિસ્તાન (tābistān)
→ Urdu: تابستان (tābistān)

See also

Seasons in Persian · فَصْل (fasl) (layout · text) · category
بَهار (bahâr, “spring”)	تابِسْتان (tâbestân, “summer”)	پاییز (pâyiz, “autumn”)	زِمِسْتان (zemestân, “winter”)

References

^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎^[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 95