şev

Meaning

night, evening

Concepts

night

🌃

evening

🌆

nighttime

night-time

nighttide

Synonyms

شهو

تاریکی

Translations

Nacht

🌃

nuit

🌃

nit

🌃

nox

🌃

noite

🌃

notte

🌃

νύχτα

nacht

🌃

nuèch

noche

🌃

gece

🌃

Abend

🌆

vespre

ليلة

🌃

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɛv/

Etymology

Cognate with Persian: شب

Cognate with Sanskrit: क्षप्

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬞

Cognate with Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎱

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *xšápš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps (“night”). Cognate with Persian شب (šab), Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap), Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬞 (xṣ̌ap), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p).

Sentences

Bi şev carna zarokê wî nahewe.

At night sometimes he does not have his child.

Dema ger temam dibe , şev û rojek çêdibe.

When the cycle is completed, there is a night and a day.

Havîn e şev kin e.

It is summer and the night is short.

Biro radikeve û bi şev payî ye.

Biro wakes up and stays at night.

Di demsala zivistanê de , şev dirêj dibin .

In winter, the nights are long.

Bi ro radikeve bi şev li der û dora xwe temaşe dike.

He wakes up at night and looks around.