روغن
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رَوْغَن (rawğan).
Noun
روغن • (revgan or rugan)
- oil, grease, ointment, pomade, any greasy substance
- Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
- butter, a fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk
- Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
- varnish, a paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a film
- Synonym: ورنیك (vernik)
Derived terms
- روغن آردیج (rugan-ı ardıç, “juniper oil”)
- روغن ساده (rugan sade, “melted butter”)
- روغن سورمك (rugan sürmek, “to apply varnish”)
- روغن نفت (rugan-ı neft, “turpentine”)
- روغنفروش (ruganfuruş, “seller of oil or butter”)
- روغنلاتمق (ruganlatmak, “to make or let be varnished”)
- روغنلامق (ruganlamak, “to varnish”)
- روغنلو (ruganlı, “varnished”)
- روغنی (rugani, “oily, syrupy”)
Descendants
- Turkish: rugan
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rugan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3979
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “روغن”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 251b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “روغن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 632
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Oleum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1199
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “روغن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2386
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rugan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “روغن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 994
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (lwkn' /rōγn/, “oil; butter”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwgʰnas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰ-no-s (“cream”), from *rewgʰ- + *-nos, from *rew- (“to tear, dig, churn”). Cognate with Mazanderani راغون (rağun, “oil”), Central Kurdish ڕۆن (ron, “oil”), Shughni рӯған (rūɣan, “butter, grease”), Pashto روغن (roğán), Zazaki ruwen.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): ,
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rawğan, rōğan |
| Dari reading? | rōğan |
| Iranian reading? | rowğan |
| Tajik reading? | ravġan |
Noun
| Dari | روغن, تیل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | روغن |
| Tajik | равған |
روغن • (rowğan or rôğan) (plural روغن‌ها (rowğan-hâ))
- oil (liquid fat); (of mammals) butter; ghee
- روغن آرگان ― rowğan-e ârgân ― argan oil
- روغن زیتون ― rowğan-e zeytun ― olive oil
- روغن نخل ― rowğan-e naxl ― palm oil
- روغن گاو ― rowğan-e gâv ― clarified butter (literally, “cow oil”)
Derived terms
- روغن دار (rowğan dâr, “oil-containing”)
- روغن ریخته جمع نمیشود (rowğan-e rixte jam' ne-mi-šavad, “No use crying over spilled milk”, literally “Spilled oil can't be collected”)
- روغن زن (rowğan zan, “oil press machine”)
- روغن فروش (rowğan foruš, “oil seller”)
- روغندان (rowğan-dân, “oil container, oilcan”)
- روغنی (rowğani, “oily”)
- مرغ روغن (morğ-e rowğan, “oilbird”)
Descendants
- Dari: روغَن (rōğan)
- Iranian Persian: رَوغَن (rowğan)
- Tajik: равған (ravġan)
- → Gujarati: રોગાન (rogān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: روغن (revgan, rugan)
- Turkish: rugan
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “روغن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rōγn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رَوْغَن (rawğan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɔː.ɣən/, /ɾoː.ɣən/
Noun
رَوغَن • (rauġan) m (Hindi spelling रौग़न)
- oil (liquid fat)
- butter; ghee
- the oily or fatty gravy of stew
- varnish, polish; sleekness, glossiness
Derived terms
- رَوغنِی (rauġnī, “oily”)
- رَوغَنِ اَرَنْڈ (rauġan-i aranḍ, “castor oil”)
- رَوغَنِ زَرْد (rauġan-i zard, “ghee”)
- رَوغَنِ زَیتُون (rauġan-i zaitūn, “olive oil”)
- رَوغَنِ نارِیَل (rauġan-i nāriyal, “coconut oil”)
- رَوغَنی روٹی (rauġanī roṭī, “buttered roti”)
- رَوغَنی نان (rauġanī nān, “buttered naan”)
References
- “روغن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روغن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “روغن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “روغن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “روغن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.