شب

shab[Pārsī saw; old P. khsapa; Pehl. shap; Zend khshap; S. क्षप् ], s.f. Night:—shab-ā-roz, adv.=shab-o-roz:—shab-ā-shab, adv. In the night-time, during the night; all night:—shab-bāz, s.m. A person who exhibits various figures for amusement at night, a puppet-showman; one who is up or vigilant at night; a bat:—shab-bāsh, s.m. One who stays all night, a night lodger:—shab-bāshī, s.f. Staying all night; a night's halt or lodging:—shab-ba-ḵẖair, May the night pass well, good night; salutation at night:—shab-ě-barātor shab-barāt, s.f. The eve of the 14th day of the month Sha`bān (on which a vigil is observed with prayers, feastings, illuminations, etc., and the Musalmāns make offerings and oblations in the names (if not to the manes) of deceased ancestors; on this night the lives and fortunes of mortals during the coming year are said to be registered in heaven):—shabbo (and gul-ě-shab-bo), s.m. (f.?) lit.'Nightsmelling,' the tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa:—shab-bedār, adj. Waking or watching all night; sleepless:—shab-bedārī, s.f. A vigil; sleeplessness:—shab-par, or shab-parak, or shab-para, s.m. lit.'Night-flier'; a bird of night (as a bat, an owl, etc.); see shappara:—shab-tāb, s.m. lit.'Night-shining'; a fire-fly; a glow-worm; a gem, etc. that sparkles in the dark:—shab-ě-ćār-dah, s.m. The night of fullmoon:—shab-ćirāgor shab-ćarāg, s.m. lit.'Night-lamp'; a carbuncle; a gem of the ruby kind; a sparkling or brilliant gem:—shab-ćirāgak, s.m. 'The little night-lamp'; a fire-fly; a glow-worm:—shab-ḵẖẉābī, s.f. Night-clothes, night-shirt, etc.:—shab-ḵẖūn, s.m. A nightattack;—shab-ḵẖūn mārnā(-par), To make a night-attack (on):—shab-ḵẖūnī, s.f. Robbery at night with bloodshed:—shab-ḵẖez, adj. & s.m. Rising at night (to pray); pious, devout;—one who rises at night to pray:—shab-deg, s.f. A dish of meat and vegetables (esp. turnips) dressed all night on the fire and eaten the next morning:—shab-rasīda, adj. & s.m. Overtaken by night, benighted;—one who is benighted:—shab-raṅg, adj. Dusky or dark-coloured, black (a horse);—s.m. Name of a horse of Siyāvush:—shab-rau, s.m. One who walks or travels in the night; a night-watch; a thief:—shab-istān, s.m. A bed-chamber; a bed:—shabě-shahādat, s.f. The night of the tenth of Moharram (on which Husain was slain):—shab-ě-qadr, s.f. 'The night of power,' the 27th of Ramazān (when the Qor`ān is said to have descended from heaven;—syn. lailatu`lqadr):—shab-kor, adj. Night-blind (syn. rataundiyā):—shab-korī, s.f. Night-blindness, nyctalopia (syn. rat-aundhā);—shab-gāh, s.f. Night-place to keep anything in; night-time:—shab-gard, s.m. A patrol, a watchman:—shabgardī, s.f. Going rounds by night, patrolling, watching at night:—shab-gaz, s.m. 'Biting by night'; a flea, etc.:—shab-gasht, s.f. Nocturnal perambulation, patrolling; a procession at night:—shab-gūn, adj. Of the colour of night, dark as night, black:—shab-gīr, s.m. One who passes a sleepless night; a cricket; a nightingale; any animal that chirps or sings at night;—travelling after midnight and before sunrise; a servant that works or travels in the nighttime;—early dawn;—attacking by night, nightmarch, nocturnal invasion:—shab-ě-māh, s.f. Light night; moonlight:—shab-nam, s.f. 'Nightmoisture,' dew (syn. os);—s.m. A kind of fine linen, a very fine muslin:—shab-namī, s.m. A tester:—shab-o-roz, adv. Night and day; always.