سبو

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈboː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.boː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.boː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.bʊː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.buː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bɵ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sabō
Dari reading^?	sabō
Iranian reading^?	sabu
Tajik reading^?	sabü

Noun


Iranian Persian	سبو
Dari	سبو
Tajik	сабӯ

سبو • (sabu)

pitcher, jar, pot
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1021:
  چند بازی عشق با نقش سبو
  بگذر از نقش سبو رو آب جو
  čand bāzī 'išq bā naqš-i sabō
  bi-guzar az naqš-i sabō raw āb jō
  How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug?
  Leave the shape of the jug; go, seek the water.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سبو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim