عبرت
Arabic
Verb
عبرت (form I)
- عَبَرْتُ (ʕabartu) /ʕa.bar.tu/: first-person singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عَبَرْتَ (ʕabarta) /ʕa.bar.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عَبَرْتِ (ʕabarti) /ʕa.bar.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عَبَرَتْ (ʕabarat) /ʕa.ba.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عُبِرْتُ (ʕubirtu) /ʕu.bir.tu/: first-person singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عُبِرْتَ (ʕubirta) /ʕu.bir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عُبِرْتِ (ʕubirti) /ʕu.bir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
- عُبِرَتْ (ʕubirat) /ʕu.bi.rat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِبْرَة (ʕibra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔib.ˈɾat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪb.ɾǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeb.ɹǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔib.ɾǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ibrat |
| Dari reading? | ibrat |
| Iranian reading? | ebrat |
| Tajik reading? | ibrat |
Noun
| Dari | عبرت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ибрат |
عبرت • (ebrat) (plural عبرتها)
- lesson
- Synonyms: درس (dars), درس عبرت (dars-e ebrat)
- lesson, example
- c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول[1]:
- بطلمیوس گفت: امروز را عبرتی بزرگ است، شری که دور بود، پیش آمد و خیری که بود، روبرگرداند.
- batlamiyūs guft: imrōz rā ibratē buzurg ast, sharrē ki dūr būd, pēš āmad u xayrē ki būd, rō bargardānd.
- Ptolemy said: "There is a great lesson for today: the evil that was far away has come, and the good that had existed has turned its face away."
Derived terms
- عبرت گرفتن (ebrat gereftan)