عیب

See also: غيب, عيب, and غ ي ب

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari عیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik айб (ayb)

عیب ('eyb) (plural عیوب ('oyub))

  1. defect, fault, blemish
  2. vice
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2349:
      خواجه در عیب است غرقه تا به گوش / خواجه را مال است و مالش عیب پوش‌
      xâje dar eyb ast ğarqe tâ be guš / xâje-râ mâl ast o mal-aš eyb puš
      The merchant is plunged in vice up to the ears, [but] the merchant has money, and his money covers his vice
  3. disgrace, dishonor
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