شب

From the root ش ب ب‎ (š-b-b).

• IPA^(key): /ʃab.ba/

شَبَّ • (šabba) I, non-past يَشِبُّ‎‎ (yašibbu)

1. to become a young adult, to grow up

   Synonym: بَلَغَ‎ (balaḡa)

• مَنْ شَبَّ عَلَى خُلُقٍ شَابَ عَلَيْهِ‎ (man šabba ʕalā ḵuluqin šāba ʕalayhi, proverb)

شَبَّ • (šabba) I, non-past يَشِبُّ‎ or يَشُبُّ‎‎ (yašibbu or yašubbu)

1. to be brisk, to be lively, to be sprightly
2. to raise one's head (as when trying to reach or look at something), to stand on the tiptoes, to stretch up

   Synonym: اِشْرَأبَّ‎ (“to raise one's head, to lift one's eyes, to look up”)

3. (of an animal, such as a horse) to raise the forelegs, to prance

شَبَّ • (šabba) I, non-past يَشُبُّ‎‎ (yašubbu)

1. (transitive) to kindle, to inflame, to ignite (also figuratively, such as of war kindled)
   1. (intransitive, of a fire) to break out
2. to raise, to lift; to heighten; to highlight, to intensify (also figuratively, and particularly if done with colours or when referring to physical qualities and attributes, such as beauty and attractiveness)

شَبّ • (šabb) m

1. verbal noun of شَبَّ (šabba, “to raise; to kindle”) (form I)

شَبّ • (šabb) m (collective, singulative شَبَّة‎ f (šabba))

1. vitriol

   Synonym: زَاج‎ (zāj)

2. alum

• شَبّ اللَيْل‎ (šabb al-layl, “marvel of Peru”)

• Andalusian Arabic: شَبّ‎ (šább)
  • → Spanish: ajebe, jebe
• → Middle Armenian: շիպ (šip)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاب‎ (şab, şap)
  • Turkish: şap
• → Urdu: شَبّ‎ (šabb)

• Freytag, Georg (1833), “شب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 386–387
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “شب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1492–1493
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “شب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 627–628

From Arabic شابّ‎ (šābb).

شب • (šabb) m (plural شباب‎ (šabāb))

1. a male teenager or a young man up to the age of circa 30 years

• The singular is restricted to males, the female equivalents being صبية‎ (ṣabiyye) or بنت‎ (bint). Predominantly, this restriction to the male sex also holds true for the plural, but not in all contexts. For example, when contrasting generations with each other, شباب (šabāb) may refer to the entire young generation. It is also possible to address a mixed group as يا شباب!‎ (yā šabāb!).
• The masculine plural may be explicitly specified with the word صبيان‎ (ṣibyān, ṣubyān), though this is less common because the form tends to mean “[young] boys”.

From Middle Persian [script needed] (LYLYA), [script needed] (šp /šab/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (xšap-), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš.

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شب • (šab) (plural شب‌ها‎ (šab-hâ) or شبان‎ (šabân))

1. night
2. evening

• امشب‎ (emšab)
• دیشب‎ (dišab)
• پریشب‎ (parišab)
• شبیخون‎ (šabixun)
• شب چله‎ (šab-e čelle)
• شب یلدا‎ (šab-e yaldâ)
• شبانه‎ (šabâne)
• هزار و یک شب‎ (hezâr o yek šab)
• چادر شب‎ (čâdar-e šab)
• شب‌بوی‎ (šab-bôy)

From Arabic شَابّ‎ (šābb).

شبّ • (šabb) m

1. Alternative spelling of شابّ‎

شبّ • (šabb)

1. Alternative spelling of شابّ‎

From Persian شب‎ (šab).

شب • (šab) f (Hindi spelling शब)

1. night
2. evening

• شام‎ (šām)
• رات‎ (rāt)

From Arabic شَبّ‎ (šabb).

شب • (šabb) m (Hindi spelling शब्ब)

1. alum