عبرت

Arabic

Verb

عبرت (form I)

1. عَبَرْتُ (ʕabartu) /ʕa.bar.tu/: first-person singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
2. عَبَرْتَ (ʕabarta) /ʕa.bar.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
3. عَبَرْتِ (ʕabarti) /ʕa.bar.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
4. عَبَرَتْ (ʕabarat) /ʕa.ba.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
5. عُبِرْتُ (ʕubirtu) /ʕu.bir.tu/: first-person singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
6. عُبِرْتَ (ʕubirta) /ʕu.bir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
7. عُبِرْتِ (ʕubirti) /ʕu.bir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)
8. عُبِرَتْ (ʕubirat) /ʕu.bi.rat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of عَبَرَ (ʕabara)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِبْرَة (ʕibra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiβ.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔib.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeb.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔib.ɾǽt̪]

Readings

Classical reading?	iḇrat
Dari reading?	ibrat
Iranian reading?	ebrat
Tajik reading?	ibrat

Noun

Dari	عبرت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ибрат

عبرت • (ebrat) (plural عبرت‌ها (ebrat-hâ))

1. lesson

   Synonyms: درس (dars), درس عبرت (dars-e ebrat)

2. lesson, example
   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎^[1]:

     بطلمیوس گفت: امروز را عبرتی بزرگ است، شری که دور بود، پیش آمد و خیری که بود، روبرگرداند.

     batlamiyūs guft: imrōz rā ibratē buzurg ast, sharrē ki dūr būd, pēš āmad u xayrē ki būd, rō bargardānd.

     Ptolemy said: "There is a great lesson for today: the evil that was far away has come, and the good that had existed has turned its face away."

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• عبرت گرفتن (ebrat gereftan)