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ثواب

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Arabic

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Root
ث و ب (ṯ w b)
4 terms

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Noun

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ثَوَاب (ṯawābm

  1. remuneration; reward
  2. (Islam) sawab; a spiritual merit or reward that accrues from giving prayers or from performance of good deeds and piety

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

Noun

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ثواب (sevab) (plural اثواب)

  1. (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

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Readings
Classical reading? sawāḇ
Dari reading? sawāb
Iranian reading? savâb
Tajik reading? savob

Noun

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ثواب (savâb)

  1. (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)
    • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Qaṣīda 3”, in دیوان عنصری[1]:
      گفتم از خدمتش جزا چه برم
      گفت ازو زرّ و از خدای ثواب
      guftam az xidmat-aš jazā či baram
      guft az ō zarr u az xudāy sawāb
      I said, "What recompense will I win from serving him?"
      He said, "Gold from him, and from God, divine reward."
      (Classical Persian romanization)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 422”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[2]:
      آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثواب
      کشتهٔ غمزهٔ خود را به نماز آمده‌ای
      āfarīn bar dil-i narm-i tu ki az bahr-i sawāb
      kušta-yi ğamza-yi xwad rā ba namāz āmada'ī
      Praise upon your tender heart! For the sake of divine reward
      You have begun to pray for those who were killed by your flirtatiousness.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb), Derived from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

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Noun

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ثواب (savābum (Devanagari सवाबु)

  1. rectitude, merit, virtue

References

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  • ثواب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb), from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

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Noun

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ثَواب (savābm (Hindi spelling सवाब)

  1. requital, reward
  2. good deed

References

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  • ثواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ثواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.