لابه

See also: لابة

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾpk' /⁠lābag⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑː.ˈβa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.bǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.bǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lāḇa
Dari reading?	lāba
Iranian reading?	lâbe
Tajik reading?	loba

Noun

لابه • (lâbe)

1. humble supplication; entreaty
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     بدانست رستم که لابه به کار
     نیاید همی پیش اسفندیار
     کمان را به زه کرد و آن تیر گز
     که پیکانش را داده بد آب رز
     همی راند تیر گز اندر کمان

     bidānist rustam ki lāba ba kār
     nay-āyad hamē pēš-i isfandiyār
     kamān rā ba zih kard u ān tīr-i gaz
     ki paykān-aš rā dāda bud āb-i raz
     hamē rānd tār-i gaz andar kamān

     Rustam understood that humble entreaty
     Was of no use before Isfandiyār.
     He strung his bow, and that tamarisk arrow
     Whose arrowpoint he had dipped in wine:
     He was running that arrow upon the bow.

     (Classical Persian romanization)