آسیب

See also: أسئت

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ā- + *saima- (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂i-), perhaps borrowed from a prefixed form of Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼺 (sym /⁠sēm⁠/, “confused, trouble”) with final denasalization; cf. Classical Persian آسیمه (āsēma, “confused”). Compare Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “left-hand, clumsy, unlucky”), Latin scaevus (“left-hand, clumsy, unlucky”), Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (“slant, not straight”).

First attested in Unsuri, early eleventh century.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈseːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.séːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.séːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.séːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.séːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.síːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.séb]

Readings
Classical reading?	āsēḇ
Dari reading?	āsēb
Iranian reading?	âsib
Tajik reading?	oseb

Noun

Dari	آسیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	осеб

آسیب • (âsib)

1. injury, wound

   من از این رابطه آسیب دیدم.

   man az in râbete âsib didam.

   I was scarred by this relationship.

   (literally, “I saw wounds from this relationship.”)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2736:

     سالم از دزدان و از آسیب سنگ
     برد تا دار الخلافه بی‌‌درنگ

     salīm az duzdān u az āsēb-i sang
     burd tā dār al-xalāfa bē dirang

     He bore it without delay, safe from robbers and unhurt by stones, to the seat of the Caliphate.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. damage, loss

Derived terms

• آسیب دیدن (âsib didan, “to suffer, to be hurt”)
• آسیب رساندن (âsib resândan, “to hurt, to cause to suffer”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسیب (āsēb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.seːb/
• Rhymes: -eːb

Noun

آسیب • (āseb) m (Hindi spelling आसेब)

1. evil spirit, demon, apparition

   Synonyms: پریت (parīt), جِن (jin)

2. ill-fortune, calamity
3. illness, madness
4. trouble, pain, shock

   Synonym: تکلیف (taklīf)

Derived terms

• آسیب زدہ (āseb-zadā, “possessed by an evil spirit, stricken by ill-fortune, afflicted by madness”)
• آسیبِ جاں (āseb-e-jā̃, “harm, injury, fear of life”)
• آسیب پہنچانا (āseb pahõcānā, “to trouble, to cause pain, to shock or traumatize”)
• آسیب لگنا (āseb lagnā)

References

• “آسیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.