قبیح

See also: قبيح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبِيح (qabīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈβiːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bíːʱ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.bíːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.béʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qaḇīh
Dari reading?	qabīh
Iranian reading?	ğabih
Tajik reading?	qabih

Adjective

قبیح • (qabih) (comparative قبیح‌تَر (qabih-tar), superlative قبیح‌تَرین (qabih-tarin))

1. ugly

   Synonym: زشت (zešt)

   Antonym: زیبا (zibâ)

2. obscene, vile, indecent, filthy, foul

   Synonym: زشت (zešt)

   Antonyms: پاک (pâk), تمیز (tamiz), خالص (xâles)

   • 1200s, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, اخلاق ناصری [Nāṣirean Ethics]‎^[1]:

     چون تأمل کنند هیچ کار نبود در دنیا که آن را دو وجه نبود، یکی جمیل و دیگر قبیح، پس وجه جمیل هر کاری طلب کند […]

     čūn ta'ammul kunand hēč kār na-buwad dar dunyā ki ān rā du wajh na-buwad, yakē jamīl u dīgar qabīh, pas wajh-i jamīl-i har karē talab kunad […]

     When one thinks about it, there is nothing in this world which does not have two aspects: one beautiful and one foul. So one should seek out the beautiful aspect of everything […]

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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