سبز

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Persian

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An Iranian woman in a سبز (sabz) hijab.

Etymology

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From Middle Persian spz, sbz (sabz, “green, fresh”), of uncertain origin.

Morgenstierne derives the word from an unattested form [script needed] (*sapači-) and connects it, along with Pashto سابه (sābə́, “vegetables, greens”), to Ancient Greek κῆπος (kêpos, “garden”).

Henning is skeptical of this, however, and relates the word to Parthian [script needed] (‘spyxt, “radiant, verdant”), deriving both from Proto-Iranian *(H)spar(H)- (“to sprout, bloom, blossom”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”); compare Latin spargō (“to scatter, strew”), Old Irish arg (“a drop”), Lithuanian sprogti (“a bud, a shoot”), Northern Sami sprygg (“active, brisk”), Old Norse freknur (“speckles”) (whence English freckle), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀-𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (fra-sparega, “twig, branch, something jerked off of a tree”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain god, rain”).

Cheung does not consider Parthian [script needed] (‘spyxt) to be descended from Proto-Iranian *(H)spar(H)-, and instead derives it from Proto-Iranian *spaič / *spaiĵ (“to shine; to bloom”), which appears to be an exclusively Iranian root.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? saḇz
Dari reading? sabz
Iranian reading? sabz
Tajik reading? sabz
Dari سبز
Iranian Persian
Tajik сабз

Noun

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سبز • (sabz) (plural سبزها (sabz-hâ))

  1. green

Adjective

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سبز • (sabz)

  1. green
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Descendants

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See also

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Colors, Iranian Persian
Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hâ) (layout · text)
     سِفید (sefid)      خَاکِسْتَری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi)      سِیَاه (siyâh), مِشْکی (meški)
             سُرْخ (sorx), قِرْمِز (ğermez); زِرِشْکی (zereški)              نَارِنْجی (nârenji); قَهْوِه‌ای (ğahve-i), بور (bur)              زَرْد (zard); کِرِم (kerem)
             سَبْزِ لیمویی (sabz-e limuyi)              سَبْز (sabz)             
             آبیِ دَرْیَایی (âbi-ye daryâyi); سَبْزِ دودی (sabz-e dudi), فیروزِه‌ای (firuze-i)              لَاجْوَرْدی (lâjvardi)              آبی (âbi), سُرْمِه‌ای (sorme-i)
             بَنَفْش (banafš); نیلی (nili)              سُرْخَابی (sorxâbi); اَرْغَوَانی (arğavâni)              صورَتی (surati)
Colors, Dari Persian
Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hā) (layout · text)
     سَفید (safēd)      خَاکِسْتَرِی (xākistarī), فولَادِی (fōlādī)      سِیَاه (siyāh), مُشْکِی (muškī)
             سُرْخ (surx); قِرْمِزِی (qirmizī)              نَارَنْجِی (nāranjī); نَسْوَارِی (naswārī), بور (bōr), قَهْوَه‌یِی (qahwa-yī)              زَرْد (zard); کِرِیمِی (kirīmī)
             سَبْزِ لِیمُویِی (sabz-i līmūyī)              سَبْز (sabz)              سَبْزِ آبِی (sabz-i ābī)
             آبِیِ دَرْیَایِی (ābī-yi daryāyī); سَبْزِ دُودِی (sabz-i dūdī), فیروزَه‌یِی (fērōza-yī)              آسْمَانِی (āsmānī)              آبِی (ābī), آبِیِ تِیرَه (ābī-yi tīra)
             بِنَفْش (binafš); نِیلِی (nīlī)              سُرْخَابِی (surxābī); اَرْغَوَانِی (arğawānī), بَانْجَانِی (bānjānī)              گُلَابِی (gulābī)

References

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Urdu

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سبز (sabz) greenery and background of the star and crescent symbol on the train.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سبز (sabz), itself from Middle Persian spz, sbz (sabz, “green, fresh”). Compare Kashmiri سَبٕز (sabụz).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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سبز • (sabz) (Hindi spelling सब्ज़)

  1. green
  2. raw
  3. unripe
  4. fresh

Synonyms

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