𐎧𐏁𐎱

Old Persian

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷséps

From Proto-Iranian *xšáfš.

Noun

𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /xšapa/) f

1. night
   • Darius, Behistan, I 20:

     𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎱𐎺𐎠 𐏐 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎺𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎹𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺/𐎢𐏁

     : a-θ-h-y : x-š-p-v-a : r-u-c-p-t-i-v-a : a-v : a-ku-u-n-v-y-t-a : θ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v/u-š

     /aθahya xšapavā raucapativā ava akunavayatā θātiy Dārayavauš./

     [Whatever] was said to them by me either at night or also by day, that they would do, as Darius says.

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠šab⁠/)

  Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫁 (šb)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (LYLYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šp)

  Psalter Pahlavi script: [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (LYLYA)

  Pazend script: 𐬱𐬀𐬬 (šav)

  • Classical Persian: شب (šab)

    Dari: شب (šab)

    Iranian Persian: شب (šab)

    Tajik: шаб (šab)

    Tat: [script needed] (šøÿ)

  • Lurish:

    Northern Luri: شۉ (šow)

    • Silakhori: شۋ (šü)

    Bakhtiari: شۉ (šaw)

    Southern Luri: شۉ (šow)