شب‌پره

Persian

Alternative forms

شپره (šappara / šappare), شب‌پرک (šab-parak), شب‌پر (šab-par), شوپرک (šawparak / šowparak), شوپره (šawpara / šowpare), شپرک (šapparak), (Tajik) شپلک (šapalak)

Etymology

By surface analysis, (šab, “night”) +‎ (par, present stem form of (parīdan / paridan)) +‎ (-a / -e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃab.pa.ˈra/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.pʰä.ɾä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.pʰä.ɾä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.pʰä.ɾä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæb.pʰæ.ɹe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb.pʰä.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šabpara
Dari reading^?	šabpara
Iranian reading^?	šabpare
Tajik reading^?	šabpara

Noun

شب‌پره • (šab-para / šab-pare) (plural شب‌پره‌ها (šab-para-hā / šab-pare-hâ), Tajik spelling шабпара)

(dated in Iran) bat
Synonyms: خفاش (xuffāš / xoffâš), شب‌کور (šab-kōr / šab-kur)
(proscribed) moth, butterfly
Synonyms: پروانه (parwāna / parvâne), شاپرک (šāparak / šâparak), بید (bīd / bid)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şəbpərə (“bat”)
→⇒ Uzbek: koʻrshapalak (“bat”)

References

Saidamir Aminov (2019), “Шабпарак ё шапалак? [Shabparak or shapalak?]”, in Паёми Академияи таҳсилоти Тоҷикистон [Bulletin of the Academy of Education of Tajikistan]‎^[1], volume 4, number 33 (in Tajik), pages 33–37