A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.71

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All the other languages have these common interjections, several of which are also Persian or Arabic more or less corrupted. Thus the Persian شاد باش shâd bâsh, “be joyful!” is used everywhere as a term of encouragement, “well done!” and is used to stimulate workers to increased efforts, to express approbation, or to kindle flagging courage. It appears mostly without the ش, as shabâsh, shabâshe, sabâs, according to the language in which it is used.