صبیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَبِيَّة (ṣabiyya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.bij.ˈja/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.bi.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sabiyya
Dari reading^?	sabiya
Iranian reading^?	sabiye
Tajik reading^?	sabiya

Noun

صبیه • (sabiyye) (plural صبایا) (literary)

daughter
girl, damsel
Coordinate term: صبی (sabi)

Further reading

Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “صبیه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 241
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “صبيه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صبیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim