عیب
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ajb/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ajb/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ejb/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ajb/
Noun
| Dari | عیب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | айб (ayb) |
عیب • ('eyb) (plural عیوب ('oyub))
- defect, fault, blemish
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3347:
- در رخ مه عیب بینی میکنی / در بهشتی خارچینی میکنی
- dar rox-e mah 'eyb-bini mi-koni / dar behešti xâr-čini mi-koni
- You are observing defects on the face of the moon: you are picking thorns in a Paradise.
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- vice
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2349:
- خواجه در عیب است غرقه تا به گوش / خواجه را مال است و مالش عیب پوش
- xâje dar eyb ast ğarqe tâ be guš / xâje-râ mâl ast o mal-aš eyb puš
- The merchant is plunged in vice up to the ears, [but] the merchant has money, and his money covers his vice
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- disgrace, dishonor
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