آبان

See also: أتان

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭡𐭠𐭭 (ābān, 8th month; 10th day), [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾn' /⁠ābān⁠/), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbʾn /⁠ābān⁠/).[1] Related to آب (āb / âb, water).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ābān
Dari reading? ābān
Iranian reading? âbân
Tajik reading? obon
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Proper noun

آبان • (ābān / âbân) (Tajik spelling Обон)

  1. Aban, the eighth month of the solar Persian calendar.
  2. Name of the tenth day of any month of the Zoroastrian calendar

Descendants

  • English: Aban
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: आबान (ābān)
    Urdu: آبان (ābān)

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Ābān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبان (ābān), related to آب (āb, water).

Proper noun

آبان • (ābānm

  1. Aban, the eighth month of the solar Persian calendar.