لباس

Arabic

Root
ل ب س (l b s)
11 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /li.baːs/

Noun

لِبَاس • (libās) m (plural أَلْبِسَة (ʔalbisa) or لُبُس (lubus))

clothes, raiment, vestment, dress

Declension

Declension of noun **لِبَاس** (libās)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لِبَاس libās	اللِّبَاس al-libās	لِبَاس libās
nominative	لِبَاسٌ libāsun	اللِّبَاسُ al-libāsu	لِبَاسُ libāsu
accusative	لِبَاسًا libāsan	اللِّبَاسَ al-libāsa	لِبَاسَ libāsa
genitive	لِبَاسٍ libāsin	اللِّبَاسِ al-libāsi	لِبَاسِ libāsi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لِبَاسَيْن libāsayn	اللِّبَاسَيْن al-libāsayn	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
nominative	لِبَاسَانِ libāsāni	اللِّبَاسَانِ al-libāsāni	لِبَاسَا libāsā
accusative	لِبَاسَيْنِ libāsayni	اللِّبَاسَيْنِ al-libāsayni	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
genitive	لِبَاسَيْنِ libāsayni	اللِّبَاسَيْنِ al-libāsayni	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْبِسَة‎; لُبُس ʔalbisa‎; lubus	الْأَلْبِسَة‎; اللُّبُس al-ʔalbisa‎; al-lubus	أَلْبِسَة‎; لُبُس ʔalbisat‎; lubus
nominative	أَلْبِسَةٌ‎; لُبُسٌ ʔalbisatun‎; lubusun	الْأَلْبِسَةُ‎; اللُّبُسُ al-ʔalbisatu‎; al-lubusu	أَلْبِسَةُ‎; لُبُسُ ʔalbisatu‎; lubusu
accusative	أَلْبِسَةً‎; لُبُسًا ʔalbisatan‎; lubusan	الْأَلْبِسَةَ‎; اللُّبُسَ al-ʔalbisata‎; al-lubusa	أَلْبِسَةَ‎; لُبُسَ ʔalbisata‎; lubusa
genitive	أَلْبِسَةٍ‎; لُبُسٍ ʔalbisatin‎; lubusin	الْأَلْبِسَةِ‎; اللُّبُسِ al-ʔalbisati‎; al-lubusi	أَلْبِسَةِ‎; لُبُسِ ʔalbisati‎; lubusi

Descendants

(from the singular form)

Maltese: lbies
Moroccan Arabic: لباس (lbās)
→ Northern Kurdish: libas
→ Ottoman Turkish: لباس (libās)
> Turkish: libas (inherited)
→ Tajik: либос (libos)
→ Persian: لباس (lebâs)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: लिबास (libās)
  Urdu: لِباس (libās)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās)
  Shahmukhi script: لِباس (libās)
→ Somali: lebis
→ Uyghur: لىباس (libas)
→ Uzbek: libos

(from the plural form أَلْبِسَة (ʔalbisa))

→ Azerbaijani: əlbisə
→ Ottoman Turkish: البسه
- → Turkish: elbise

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِبَاس (libās).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /li.ˈbaːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɑːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɑːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [li.bɔːs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [le.bɒːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [li.bɔs]

Readings
Classical reading^?	libās
Dari reading^?	libās
Iranian reading^?	lebâs
Tajik reading^?	libos

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	لباس
Dari	لباس
Tajik	либос

لباس • (lebâs) (plural لباس‌ها (lebâs-hâ))

clothing
لباسش رو در آورد.
Lebâs-aš râ dar âvard. (literary)

Lebâs-eš o dar âvord. (colloquial)

He/she took off his/her clothes.
garment
apparel

Derived terms

لباس زیر (lebâs-e zir)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: लिबास (libās)

Urdu: لِباس (libās)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās)

Shahmukhi script: لِباس (libās)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (libās), from Arabic لِبَاس (libās). Compare Punjabi ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās) / لِباس (libās), Gujarati લિબાસ (libās), લેબાસ (lebās).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪ.bɑːs/

Noun

لِباس • (libās) m (Hindi spelling लिबास)

clothes, clothing, attire

Declension

Declension of **لباس**
	singular	plural
direct	لباس (libās)	لباس (libās)
oblique	لباس (libās)	لباسوں (libāsõ)
vocative	لباس (libās)	لباسو (libāso)

References

“لباس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“لباس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.