لنبه

Persian

Alternative forms

لنب (lunb / lonb)

Etymology

Cognate to Hindustani लंबा (lambā) / لمبا (lambā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /lun.ˈba/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊm.bä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊm.bä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lum.bä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lom.be]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lum.bä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lunba
Dari reading^?	lunba
Iranian reading^?	lonbe
Tajik reading^?	lunba

Adjective

لنبه • (lunba / lonbe) (Tajik spelling лунба)

fat, corpulent, chubby
Synonyms: چاق (čāq / čâġ), فربه (farbih / farbeh)
large, great, tall

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “لنبه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “لنبه”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1097b