شبی

See also: سپی‎ and شتي‎

Persian

Etymology

From ‎ (šab). Akin to Old Armenian շապիկ (šapik); an Iranian borrowing.

Adjective

Iranian Persian	شبی
Dari	شبی
Tajik	шабӣ (šabī)

شبی • (šabi)

nightly, belonging to the night

Noun

شبی • (šabi)

nightshirt

Alternative forms

شوی‎ (šavi)

References

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

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