توبه

Persian

Alternative forms

• توبة (towbat) (Classical Persian, archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taw.ˈba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.bǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.bǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoː.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰow.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tawba
Dari reading?	tawba
Iranian reading?	towbe
Tajik reading?	tavba

Noun

توبه • (towbe)

1. repentance, penitence
2. penance

Descendants

• → Gujarati: તવબા (tavbā), તોબા (tobā), તૌબા (taubā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तौबा (taubā)

  Urdu: تَوبَہ (tauba)