تباه

Arabic

Root
ب ه ي (b h y)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.baː.hin/

Noun

تَبَاهٍ • (tabāhin) m

1. verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā)
2. bragging, vainglory, haughtiness, boastfulness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:كبرياء

Declension

Declension of noun تَبَاهٍ (tabāhin)

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَبَاهِي tabāhī	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī
Nominative	تَبَاهٍ tabāhin	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī
Accusative	تَبَاهِيًا tabāhiyan	التَّبَاهِيَ at-tabāhiya	تَبَاهِيَ tabāhiya
Genitive	تَبَاهٍ tabāhin	التَّبَاهِي at-tabāhī	تَبَاهِي tabāhī

Descendants

• → Persian: تباهی (tabâhi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تباهی (tebâhî)

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tpʾh /⁠tabāh⁠/, “injury”), from Proto-Iranian *tap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm, to be hot”). Compare Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “heat; torment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ˈβɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.bɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	taḇāh
Dari reading?	tabāh
Iranian reading?	tabâh
Tajik reading?	taboh

Adjective

تباه • (tabâh)

1. corrupt; spoilt; ruined

   Synonym: خراب (xarâb)

   • c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:

     ندارد بدین خط کسی دستگاه
     بترسم که گردد بیک ره تباه

     nadārad badīn xatt kasē dastgāh
     bitarsam ki gardad ba-yak rāh tabāh

     Nobody has the skill to read this script,
     I fear that it shall be lost at one stroke.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Related terms

• تباه کار (tabâh kâr)
• تباه کردن (tabâh kardan)
• تباهی (tabâhi)
• تبست (tabast)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तबाह (tabāh)

  Urdu: تَباہ (tabāh)