لباس

Arabic

Root
ل ب س (l-b-s)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.baːs/

Noun

لِبَاس • (libās) m (plural أَلْبِسَة (ʔalbisa) or لُبُس (lubus))

1. clothes, raiment, vestment, dress

Declension

Declension of noun لِبَاس (libās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِبَاس libās	اللِّبَاس al-libās	لِبَاس libās
Nominative	لِبَاسٌ libāsun	اللِّبَاسُ al-libāsu	لِبَاسُ libāsu
Accusative	لِبَاسًا libāsan	اللِّبَاسَ al-libāsa	لِبَاسَ libāsa
Genitive	لِبَاسٍ libāsin	اللِّبَاسِ al-libāsi	لِبَاسِ libāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِبَاسَيْن libāsayn	اللِّبَاسَيْن al-libāsayn	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
Nominative	لِبَاسَانِ libāsāni	اللِّبَاسَانِ al-libāsāni	لِبَاسَا libāsā
Accusative	لِبَاسَيْنِ libāsayni	اللِّبَاسَيْنِ al-libāsayni	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
Genitive	لِبَاسَيْنِ libāsayni	اللِّبَاسَيْنِ al-libāsayni	لِبَاسَيْ libāsay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْبِسَة‎; لُبُس ʔalbisa‎; lubus	الْأَلْبِسَة‎; اللُّبُس al-ʔalbisa‎; al-lubus	أَلْبِسَة‎; لُبُس ʔalbisat‎; lubus
Nominative	أَلْبِسَةٌ‎; لُبُسٌ ʔalbisatun‎; lubusun	الْأَلْبِسَةُ‎; اللُّبُسُ al-ʔalbisatu‎; al-lubusu	أَلْبِسَةُ‎; لُبُسُ ʔalbisatu‎; lubusu
Accusative	أَلْبِسَةً‎; لُبُسًا ʔalbisatan‎; lubusan	الْأَلْبِسَةَ‎; اللُّبُسَ al-ʔalbisata‎; al-lubusa	أَلْبِسَةَ‎; لُبُسَ ʔalbisata‎; lubusa
Genitive	أَلْبِسَةٍ‎; لُبُسٍ ʔalbisatin‎; lubusin	الْأَلْبِسَةِ‎; اللُّبُسِ al-ʔalbisati‎; al-lubusi	أَلْبِسَةِ‎; لُبُسِ ʔalbisati‎; lubusi

Descendants

(from the singular form)

• Maltese: lbies
• Moroccan Arabic: لباس (lbās)
• → Northern Kurdish: libas
• → Ottoman Turkish: لباس (libās)

  > Turkish: libas (inherited)

• → Tajik: либос (libos)
• → Persian: لباس (lebâs)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: लिबास (libās)

    Urdu: لِباس (libās)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās)

    Shahmukhi script: لِباس (libās)

• → Somali: lebis
• → Uyghur: لىباس (libas)
• → Uzbek: libos

(from the plural form أَلْبِسَة (ʔalbisa))

• → Azerbaijani: əlbisə
• → Ottoman Turkish: البسه
  • → Turkish: elbise

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِبَاس (libās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [li.βɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɪ.bɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [li.bɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [le.bɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [li.bɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	liḇās
Dari reading?	libās
Iranian reading?	lebâs
Tajik reading?	libos

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	لباس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	либос

لباس • (lebâs) (plural لباس‌ها (lebâs-hâ))

1. clothing

   لباسش رو در آورد.

   Lebâs-aš râ dar âvard. (literary)

   Lebâs-eš o dar âvord. (colloquial)

   He/she took off his/her clothes.

2. garment
3. apparel

Derived terms

• لباس زیر (lebâs-e zir)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: लिबास (libās)

  Urdu: لِباس (libās)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās)

  Shahmukhi script: لِباس (libās)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لباس (libās), from Arabic لِبَاس (libās). Compare Punjabi ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās) / لِباس (libās), Gujarati લિબાસ (libās), લેબાસ (lebās).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪ.bɑːs/

Noun

لِباس • (libās) m (Hindi spelling लिबास)

1. clothes, clothing, attire

Declension

Declension of لباس
	singular	plural
direct	لباس (libās)	لباس (libās)
oblique	لباس (libās)	لباسوں (libāsō̃)
vocative	لباس (libās)	لباسو (libāsō)

References

• “لباس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لباس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.