شبانه

Persian

Alternative forms

• شبونه (šabune) (colloquial)

Etymology

From شب (šab) +‎ ـانه (-âne, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.βɑː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɑː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɑː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.bɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šaḇāna
Dari reading?	šabāna
Iranian reading?	šabâne
Tajik reading?	šabona

Adjective

Dari	شبانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шабона

شبانه • (šabâne)

1. nocturnal, vespertine

   Antonym: روزانه (ruzâne)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 672:

     چون شبانه از شتر آمد به زیر
     کرد گفتش منزلم دور است و دیر

     čūn šabāna az šutur āmad ba zēr
     kurd guft-aš manzil-am dūr ast u dēr

     When at nightfall he came down from the camel,
     the Kurd said to him, “My abode is far (from here) and a long way off.

Derived terms

• شبانه روز (šabâne ruz, “24-hour day”)