فربه
Persian
Alternative forms
- فربی (farbī)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (plpyh /frabīh/),[1] from Old Persian *frapīδwa-, from Proto-Iranian *fra- + *piHtú (“fat, tallow”). By surface analysis, فرـ (far-) + پیه (pih, “fat, tallow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /far.ˈbih/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.be̞ʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæɹ.beʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.beʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | farbih |
| Dari reading? | farbeh |
| Iranian reading? | farbeh |
| Tajik reading? | farbeh |
Adjective
فربه • (farbih / farbeh) (Tajik spelling фарбеҳ)
Derived terms
- فربهی (farbihī / farbehi, “corpulence”)
Descendants
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “frabīh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904), Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 984
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “فربه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 81 Nr. 365
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895), Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 84 Nr. 813
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “فربه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 649a