شاباش

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Persian

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Etymology

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From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, excellent! well done!, literally be happy!), from شاد (šâd, happy) + باش (bâš, be).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šāḇāš
Dari reading? šābāš
Iranian reading? šâbâš
Tajik reading? šoboš

Interjection

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Dari شاباش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шобош

شاباش (šâbâš)

  1. bravo! excellent!

Noun

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شاباش (šâbâš)

  1. money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers

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Further reading

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

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Interjection

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شاباش (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)

  1. shabash, good job

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

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شاباش (śābāś) (Hindi spelling शाबाश)

  1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!
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