λόβιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λοβός (lobós, lobe; capsule) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λόβῐον • (lóbĭonn (genitive λοβῐ́ου); second declension

  1. fruit of the cowpea

Inflection

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: لوبیا (lôbiyâ), لوویا (lôviyâ)
    • Arabic: لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā), لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ), لُوبَاء (lūbāʔ), لُوبِيَة (lūbiya), לוביאJudeo-Arabic
      • Moroccan Arabic: لوبيا (lūbya)
      • Israeli Hebrew: לוּבׅיָא (lūḇīyā)
      • Ladino: lubia
      • Spanish: alubia
      • English: loubia
      • French: loubia
    • Aramaic:
      Classical Syriac: ܠܘܒܝܐ (lōbyā)
      Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: לובי
      Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡅࡁࡉࡀ (lubia)
      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רוּבְיָא (rūḇəyā), לוּבְיָא (lūḇəyā)
    • Armenian: լոբի (lobi)
    • Azerbaijani: lobya
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: लोबिया (lobiyā)
      Urdu: لوبیا (lobiyā)
    • Kazakh: лобия (lobiä)
    • Northern Luri: ڵووںە (llooə)
    • Turkmen: noýba
    • Middle Armenian: լովիաս (lovias), լովէստ (lovēst), լուպիա (lupia), լուպիայ (lupiay), լուպիաս (lupias), լուվիաս (luvias), լօվիաս (lōvias)
      • Armenian: լուբիա (lubia)
    • Middle Georgian: ლობიო (lobio), ლებუა (lebua) (Kakheti), ლებიო (lebio) (Mtiuleti, Khevi, Pshavi, Khevsureti, Tusheti), ლობიე (lobie), ლობიეი (lobiei) (Guria), ლუბია (lubia), ლუბიო (lubio), ლობია (lobia) (Fereydan) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਲੋਬੀਆ (lobīā)
      Shahmukhi script: لوبیا (lobiyā)
    • Turkish: lobya
    • Uzbek: loviya

Further reading