عاقبت

Arabic

Verb

عاقبت (form III)

1. عَاقَبْتُ (ʕāqabtu) /ʕaː.qab.tu/: first-person singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
2. عَاقَبْتَ (ʕāqabta) /ʕaː.qab.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
3. عَاقَبْتِ (ʕāqabti) /ʕaː.qab.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
4. عَاقَبَتْ (ʕāqabat) /ʕaː.qa.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qi.βat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.qi.bät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʁe.bæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.qi.bät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	āqiḇat
Dari reading?	āqibat
Iranian reading?	âğebat
Tajik reading?	oqibat

Noun

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat) (plural عَواقِب ('avâqeb))

1. consequence, conclusion, ramification

Adverb

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat)

1. finally; in the end

   Synonyms: سرانجام (sarânjâm), بالاخره (belaxare)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شب
     عاقبت روزی بیابی کام را

     sabr kun hâfiz ki saxtî rôz u šab
     âqibat rôzê biyâbî kâm râ

     Hafez, be patient in hardship day and night,
     So that one day, you might at last attain your wish.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)