شاباش

Persian

Etymology

From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, excellent! well done!, literally be happy!), from شاد (šâd, happy) + باش (bâš, be).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šābāš
Dari reading? šābāš
Iranian reading? šâbâš
Tajik reading? šoboš

Interjection

Dari شاباش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шобош

شاباش • (šâbâš)

  1. bravo! excellent!

Noun

شاباش • (šâbâš)

  1. money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers

Descendants

  • Armenian: շաբաշ (šabaš)
  • Assamese: চাবাচ (sabas)
  • Azerbaijani: şabaş
  • Bengali: শাবাশ (śabaś)
  • Georgian: შაბაში (šabaši)
  • Gujarati: શાબાશ (śābāś)
  • Marathi: शाबास (śābās)
  • Nepali: स्याबास (syābās)
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاباش (şabaş)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś)
    Shahmukhi script: شاباش (śābāś)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: शाबाश (śābāś)
    Urdu: شاباش (śābāś)

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

Interjection

شاباش • (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)

  1. shabash, good job

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

Interjection

شاباش • (śābāś) (Hindi spelling शाबाश)

  1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!