شبانه

Persian

Alternative forms

شبونه (šabune) (colloquial)

Etymology

From (šab) +‎ (-âne, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.baː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɑː.nǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɑː.nǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɔː.nǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.bɒː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šabāna
Dari reading^?	šabāna
Iranian reading^?	šabâne
Tajik reading^?	šabona

Adjective


Iranian Persian	شبانه
Dari	شبانه
Tajik	шабона

شبانه • (šabâne)

nocturnal, vespertine
Antonym: روزانه (ruzâne)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 672:
  چون شبانه از شتر آمد به زیر
  کرد گفتش منزلم دور است و دیر
  čūn šabāna az šutur āmad ba zēr
  kurd guft-aš manzil-am dūr ast u dēr
  When at nightfall he came down from the camel,
  the Kurd said to him, “My abode is far (from here) and a long way off.

Derived terms

شبانه روز (šabâne ruz, “24-hour day”)