شب بخیر

Persian

Interjection

شب بخیر‎ • (šab be-xeyr)

good night

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: शब बख़ैर (śab baxair)

Urdu: شب بخیر‎ (śab baxair)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (šab be-xeyr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəb‿bə.xɛːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʃəb‿bə.xɛːɾ/

Interjection

شَب بَخَیر‎ • (śab baxair) (Hindi spelling शब बख़ैर)

good night

Related terms

شام بَخَیر‎ (śām baxair, “good evening”)
صُبْح بَخَیر‎ (subh baxair, “good morning”)

References

“شب+بخیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“شب+بخیر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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