صبی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَبِيّ (ṣabiyy).

Pronunciation

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

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.biː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sabī
Dari reading^?	sabī
Iranian reading^?	sabi
Tajik reading^?	sabi

Noun

صبی • (sabi) (literary)

boy, lad, youth
Coordinate term: صبیه (sabiyye)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “صبی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “صبی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صبی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim