تباه

Arabic

Root
ب ه ي (b h y)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.baː.hin/

Noun

تَبَاهٍ • (tabāhinm

  1. verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā)
  2. bragging, vainglory, haughtiness, boastfulness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:كبرياء

Declension

Declension of noun تَبَاهٍ (tabāhin)
singular singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
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

Descendants

  • Persian: تباهی (tabâhi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: تباهی (tebâhî)

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

 

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

Adjective

تباه • (tabâh)

  1. 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
      nadārad badīn xatt kasē dastgāh
      bitarsam 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)
  • تباه کار (tabâh kâr)
  • تباه کردن (tabâh kardan)
  • تباهی (tabâhi)
  • تبست (tabast)

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: तबाह (tabāh)
    Urdu: تَباہ (tabāh)