عاقبت

عَاقَبْتُ • (ʕāqabtu) (form III)

1. first-person singular past active of عَاقَبَ‎ (ʕāqaba)

عَاقَبْتَ • (ʕāqabta) (form III)

1. second-person masculine singular past active of عَاقَبَ‎ (ʕāqaba)

عَاقَبْتِ • (ʕāqabti) (form III)

1. second-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ‎ (ʕāqaba)

عَاقَبَتْ • (ʕāqabat) (form III)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ‎ (ʕāqaba)

Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِبَة‎ (ʕāqiba).

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat) (plural عَواقِب‎ ('avâqeb))

1. consequence, conclusion, ramification

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat)

1. finally; in the end

   Synonyms: سرانجام‎ (sarânjâm), بالاخره‎ (belaxare)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:

     ‏صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شب
     عاقبت روزی بیابی کام را‎

     sabr kun hâfiz ki saxtî rôz u šab
     âqibat rôzê biyâbî kâm râ

     Hafez, be patient in hardship day and night,
     So that one day, you might at last attain your wish.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)