شاباش

Persian

Etymology

From the phrase (šâd bâš, “excellent! well done!”, literally “be happy!”), from ‎ (šâd, “happy”) + ‎ (bâš, “be”).

Interjection

شاباش • (šâbâš)

bravo! excellent!

Noun

شاباش • (šâbâš)

money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers

Descendants

→ Armenian: շաբաշ (šabaš)
→ Assamese: চাবাচ (sabas)
→ Azerbaijani: şabaş
→ Bengali: শাবাশ (śabaś)
→ Georgian: შაბაში (šabaši)
→ Gujarati: શાબાશ (śābāś)
→ Marathi: शाबास (śābās)
→ Ottoman Turkish: شاباش‎ (şabaş)
Punjabi:

Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś)

Shahmukhi: شاباش‎ (śābāś)

Hindustani
→ Hindi: शाबाश (śābāś)
- → English: shabash
- → Malay: syabas
→ Urdu: شاباش‎

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “شاباش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 720

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (šâbâš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.bɑːʃᵊ/

Interjection

شاباش • (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)

shabash, good job

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