شبنم

Azerbaijani

Noun

شبنم

  1. Arabic spelling of şəbnəm

Proper noun

شبنم

  1. Arabic spelling of Şəbnəm

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شبنم • (šabnam)

  1. dew

Declension

Declension of شبنم (šabnam)
singular plural
nominative شبنم
šabnam

genitive شبنمنینگ
šabnamning

definite accusative شبنمنی
šabnamni

dative شبنمغە
šabnamgä

ablative شبنمدین
šabnamdin

locative شبنمدە
šabnamdä

possessive forms
first person singular
singular plural
nominative شبنمیم
šabnamim

genitive شبنمیمنینگ
šabnamimning

definite accusative شبنمیمنی
šabnamimni

dative شبنمیمغە
šabnamimgä

ablative شبنمیمدین
šabnamimdin

locative شبنمیمدە
šabnamimdä

second person singular*
singular plural
nominative شبنمینگ
šabnaming

genitive شبنمینگنینگ
šabnamingning

definite accusative شبنمینگنی
šabnamingni

dative شبنمینگغە
šabnaminggä

ablative شبنمینگدین
šabnamingdin

locative شبنمینگدە
šabnamingdä

third person singular
singular plural
nominative شبنمی
šabnami

genitive شبنمینینگ
šabnamining

definite accusative شبنمینی
šabnamini

dative شبنمیغە
šabnamigä

ablative شبنمیدین
šabnamidin

locative شبنمیدە
šabnamidä

first person plural
singular plural
nominative شبنمیمیز
šabnamimiz

genitive شبنمیمیزنینگ
šabnamimizning

definite accusative شبنمیمیزنی
šabnamimizni

dative شبنمیمیزغە
šabnamimizgä

ablative شبنمیمیزدین
šabnamimizdin

locative شبنمیمیزدە
šabnamimizdä

second person plural*
singular plural
nominative شبنمینگیز
šabnamingiz

شبنمینگلار
šabnaminglär

genitive شبنمینگیزنینگ
šabnamingizning

شبنمینگلارنینگ
šabnaminglärning

definite accusative شبنمینگیزنی
šabnamingizni

شبنمینگلارنی
šabnaminglärni

dative شبنمینگیزغە
šabnamingizgä

شبنمینگلارغە
šabnaminglärgä

ablative شبنمینگیزدین
šabnamingizdin

شبنمینگلاردین
šabnaminglärdin

locative شبنمینگیزدە
šabnamingizdä

شبنمینگلاردە
šabnaminglärdä

third person plural
singular plural
nominative شبنملاری
šabnamläri

شبنمی
šabnami

genitive شبنملارینینگ
šabnamlärining

شبنمینینگ
šabnamining

definite accusative شبنملارینی
šabnamlärini

شبنمینی
šabnaminglärni

dative شبنملاریغە
šabnamlärigä

شبنمیغە
šabnamigä

ablative شبنملاریدین
šabnamläridin

شبنمیدین
šabnamidin

locative شبنملاریدە
šabnamläridä

شبنمیدە
šabnamidä

*second person singular forms are informal, for polite second person singular forms use second person plural forms

Descendants

  • Uyghur: شەبنەم (shebnem)
  • Uzbek: shabnam

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (şebnem)

  1. dew

Descendants

  • Turkish: şebnem

Proper noun

شَبْنَم • (Şebnem)

  1. a female given name, Şebnem, Shebnem, or Shabnam

Descendants

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (šabnámm

  1. dew

Persian

Etymology

From شب (šab, night) +‎ نم (nam, moisture, humidity).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šabnam
Dari reading? šabnam
Iranian reading? šabnam
Tajik reading? šabnam

Noun

شبنم • (šabnam) (plural شبنم‌ها (šabnam-hā / šabnam-hâ), Tajik spelling шабнам)

  1. dew
    Synonyms: بژم (bažm), ژاله (žâle)
    • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Tour of the city of Maghadin”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎[1]:
      شبنمی؟ افتندگی تقدیر تست
      قلزمی؟ پایندگی تقدیر تست
      šabnam-ē? uftandigī taqdīr-i tu-st
      qulzum-ē? pāyandigī taqdīr-i tu-st
      Are you a dew-drop? Your destiny is to perish;
      are you an ocean? Your destiny is to endure.
      (Indo-Persian script)

Alternative forms

Descendants

Proper noun

شبنم • (šabnam) (Tajik spelling Шабнам)

  1. a female given name, Shabnam

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnamf (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਬਨਮ)

  1. dew

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شبنم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبنم (šabnam).

Noun

شَبِنَمِ • (śabinamif (Devanagari शबिनमि)

  1. dew

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “شَبِنَمِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَبْنَم (šabnam). By surface analysis, شَب (śab, night) +‎ نَم (nam, moisture).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnamf (Hindi spelling शबनम)

  1. a female given name, Shabnam, from Persian

Declension

Declension of شبنم
singular plural
direct شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَمیں (śabnamẽ)
oblique شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَموں (śabnamõ)
vocative شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَمو (śabnamo)

Derived terms

Noun

شَبْنَم • (śabnamf (Hindi spelling शबनम)

  1. dew
    Synonyms: اوس (os), ژالَہ (źāla)

Declension

Declension of شبنم
singular plural
direct شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَمیں (śabnamẽ)
oblique شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَموں (śabnamõ)
vocative شَبْنَم (śabnam) شَبْنَمو (śabnamo)

Further reading

  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “شبنم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 813
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “شبنم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 721
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شبنم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 400
  • شبنم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “شبنم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • شبنم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.