خوشاب

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷa.ˈʃɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.ʃɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.ʃɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.ʃɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwašāḇ
Dari reading?	xušāb
Iranian reading?	xošâb
Tajik reading?	xušob

Etymology 1

From خوش (xoš, “pleasant”) +‎ آب (âb, “water”).

Adjective

Dari	خوشاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хушоб

خوشاب • (xošâb)

1. glossy; pearly; lustrous
   • c. 1260, Amīr Khusraw, “Rubaʿī”, in دیوان امیرخسرو [The Divān of Amīr Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     ایزد که به زلفت شکن و تاب نهاد
     در لعل لبت لولوی خوشاب نهاد

     ēzad ki ba zolf-at šikan u tāb nihād
     dar la'l-i lab-at lūlū-yi xwašāb nihād

     The God who placed curls and twirls on your tresses
     Placed lustrous pearls on the ruby of your lips.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Noun

خوشاب • (xōšâb or xušâb)

1. compote (fruit dish)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خوشاب (hoşab)
  • Turkish: hoşaf
  • → Crimean Tatar: hoşaf
  • → Romanian: horșaf

Urdu

Etymology

From خوش (xuś, “sweet”) + آب (āb, “water”), both elements from Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.ʃɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: خوش‧آب

Proper noun

خُوشَاب • (xūśāb) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुशाब)

1. Khushab (a city in Khushab district, Punjab, Pakistan)