شبی

See also: سپی and شتي

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	šaḇī
Dari reading?	šabī
Iranian reading?	šabi
Tajik reading?	šabi

Etymology 1

From شب (šab, “night”) +‎ ـی (-i, adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

Dari	شبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шабӣ

شبی • (šabi)

1. nocturnal, belonging to the night

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (špyk' /⁠šabīg⁠/, “undershirt”). Akin to Old Armenian շապիկ (šapik, “shirt”), an Iranian borrowing.

By surface analysis, شب (šab, “night”) +‎ ـی (-i, noun-forming suffix).

Noun

شبی • (šabi)

1. nightshirt

Alternative forms

• شوی (šavi)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شبی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul