شب‌بوی

Persian

Alternative forms

شب‌بو (šab-bô), شب بوی (šab-bôy), شب بو (šab-bô)

Etymology

From (šab, “night”) +‎ (buy, “fragrance”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃab ˈboːj/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb boːj]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäb buːj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäb̥ bʊːj]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæb̥ buːj]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb bɵj]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šab bōy
Dari reading^?	šab bōy
Iranian reading^?	šab buy
Tajik reading^?	šab büy

Noun

شب‌بوی • (šab-bôy) (plural شب‌بویان)

stock (Matthiola gen. et spp.)
Synonym: چلیپای (čalîpâ'î)
gillyflower (Malcolmia gen. et spp.)
wallflower (Erysimum gen. et spp.)
Synonym: خیری (xeyri)

Descendants

→⇒? Armenian: շահպրակ (šahprak)
→ Azerbaijani: şəbbu
→ Ottoman Turkish: شببوی (şebboy, şebbuy), شهبوی (şehboy)
- Turkish: şebboy, şebbuy
- → Albanian: sheboj, shebuk
- → Armenian: շէխպօյ (šēxpōy), շէհպօյ (šēhpōy), շեհպո (šehpo), շա̈բօ (šäbō)
- → Bulgarian: шибо́й (šibój), шебо́й (šebój) — dated
- → Macedonian: шебој (šeboj)
- → Romanian: șiboi (archaic)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: шѐбој
  
  Latin script: šèboj
  - → Slovene: šebọ̑j