ادب

See also: أدب and أدت

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab), from Persian دب (dab); ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈðaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḏaḇ
Dari reading?	adab
Iranian reading?	adab
Tajik reading?	adab

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	ادب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	адаб

ادب • (adab) (plural آداب (âdâb) or ادب‌ها (adab-hâ))

1. politeness, courtesy, civility, manners, proper conduct
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 112:

     گفت جایی که منم ناله و فریاد مکن
     و گرت نیست تحمل بکش آهی به ادب

     guft jāyē ki man-am nāla u faryād makun
     u garat nēst tahammul bikaš āhē ba adab

     She said: "Do not cry out and moan at the place where I am,
     And if you do not have the patience, let out a sigh courteously."

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. literature, letters. polite learning
3. discipline

Derived terms

• ادبی (adabi)
• ادبیات (adabiyât)
• ادیب (adib)
• بی ادب (bi-adab)

 

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ادب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian دَب (dab)bor.

Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab)bor.

Classical Persian اَدَب (adab)bor.

Urdu ادب

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَدَب (adab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪əb/
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

ادب • (adab) m (Hindi spelling अदब)

1. discipline
2. training
3. politeness
4. respect
5. courtesy
6. urbanity
7. etiquette
8. literature

• Synonym: ساہتیہ

See also

• آداب (ādāb)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ادب (adab), from Persian ادب (adab), from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Noun

ادب (edab)

1. discipline
2. training
3. politeness
4. respect
5. courtesy
6. urbanity
7. etiquette
8. literature