آفتاب

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب (āftāb).

Noun

آفتاب • (āftāb) m (Devanagari आफताब)

1. Sun

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian آفتاب (âftâb).

Noun

آفتاب • (afitab)

1. sun

   Synonyms: شمس (şems), گونش (güneş)

Persian

Alternative forms

• افتو (aftow) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan, southwestern Fars)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾptʾb /⁠āftāb⁠/, “sunshine”) (compare [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (ʾpdʾb /⁠ābdāb⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh Equivalent to آف (âf) +‎ تاب (tâb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːf.ˈtɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːf.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːf.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.t̪ʰǽw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːf.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːf.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔf.t̪ʰɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	āftāḇ
Dari reading?	āftāb
Iranian reading?	âftâb
Tajik reading?	oftob

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

Dari	آفتاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	офтоб

آفتاب • (âftâb)

1. sunlight, sunshine

   Coordinate term: مهتاب (mahtâb, “moonlight”)

2. sun

   Synonym: خورشید (xoršid)

   Coordinate term: ماه (mâh, “moon”)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3779:

     از ره پنهان که دور از حس ماست
     آفتاب چرخ را بس راههاست

     az rah-i pinhān ki dūr az hiss-i mā-st
     āftāb-i čarx rā bas rāh-hā-st

     By the hidden way that is remote from our sense-perception.
     The sun in heaven hath many ways

Derived terms

• آفتابی (âftâbi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: aftab
• → Bengali: আফতাব (aftab)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ئاپتاپ (aptap)
  • Uzbek: oftob
  • → Kazakh: аптап (aptap)
• → Classical Malay:
  • Indonesian: aftab
  • Malay: aftab
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आफ़ताब (āftāb)

  Urdu: آفتاب (āftāb)

• → Punjabi: ਆਫ਼ਤਾਬ (āfatāb)
• → Yagnobi: офтоб (oftob)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب (āftāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːf.t̪ɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

آفْتاب • (āftāb) m (Hindi spelling आफ़ताब)

1. Sun

References

• “آفتاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آفتاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.