صبیه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَبِيَّة (ṣabiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.βij.ˈja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.bij.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bi.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	saḇiyya
Dari reading?	sabiya
Iranian reading?	sabiyye
Tajik reading?	sabiya

Noun

صبیه • (sabiyye) (plural صبایا) (literary)

1. daughter
2. girl, damsel

   Coordinate term: صبی (sabi)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “صبیه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 241
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “صبيه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صبیه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim