شکیب

See also: شكيت

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ˈkeːβ], [ʃi.ˈkeːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰéːb], [ʃɪ.kʰéːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰéːb], [ʃɪ.kʰéːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰéːb], [ʃɪ.kʰéːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰéːb̥], [ʃi.kʰéːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.kʰʲíːb̥], [ʃe.kʰʲíːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰéb], [ʃi.kʰéb]

Readings
Classical reading?	šakēḇ, šikēḇ
Dari reading?	šakēb, šikēb
Iranian reading?	šakib, šekib
Tajik reading?	šakeb, šikeb

Verb

شکیب • (šekib)

1. present stem form of شکیفتن (šekiftan)

Noun

شکیب • (šekib or šakib)

1. patience

   Synonyms: صبر (sabr), تحمل (tahammol), شکیبایی (šekibâyi)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 78:

     برداشته بظلم فراقت ز جان شکیب
     وصل تو کرده بر سر جانها نثار عدل

     bardāšta ba-zulm-i firāqat zi jān šakēb
     wasl-i tu karda bar sar-i jānhā nisār adl

     You have removed patience from the soul by the tyranny of parting from you;
     Reunion with you strews justice upon the head of [your lovers'] souls.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شکیب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim