आफ़ताब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āftāb).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːf.t̪ɑːb/, [äːf.t̪äːb], /ɑːpʰ.t̪ɑːb/, [äːpʰ.t̪äːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

आफ़ताब • (āftāb) m (Urdu spelling آفتاب)

(uncommon) Sun
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूरज
sun's heat
Synonyms: सूर्यताप (sūryatāp), सौर्यताप (sauryatāp)

Declension

Declension of *आफ़ताब* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताब āftāb
oblique	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबों āftābõ
vocative	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबो āftābo

Proper noun

आफ़ताब • (āftāb) m (Urdu spelling آفتاب)

a male given name, Aftab, from Persian

Declension

Declension of *आफ़ताब* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताब āftāb
oblique	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबों āftābõ
vocative	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबो āftābo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “āftāb”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press