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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόβια ( lóbia ) , plural of λόβιον ( lóbion , “ fruit of the cowpea (σμῖλαξ ( smîlax ) ) ” ) , from Akkadian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 ( LU-UB2 -SAR /lubbu, luppu/ , “ cowpea ” ) , from Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 ( LU-UB2 -SAR /lub/ , “ cowpea ” ) , likely connected to the Sumerian 𒇻𒂠 ( LU-UB2 /lub/ , “ pouch, pod, bag ” ) ; possibly also found in Arabic جُلُبَّان ( julubbān , “ grass pea ” ) .
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
lōḇiyā
Dari reading?
lōbiyā
Iranian reading?
lubiyâ
Tajik reading?
lübiyo
Noun
لوبیا • (lôbiyâ ) (plural لوبیاها ( lôbiyâ-hâ ) )
Dari
لوبیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik
лӯбиё
bean
legume
Descendants
→ Arabic: لُوبِيَا ( lūbiyā ) , لُوبِيَاء ( lūbiyāʔ ) , لُوبَاء ( lūbāʔ ) , لُوبِيَة ( lūbiya ) , לוביא — Judeo-Arabic
→ Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܠܘܒܝܐ ( lōbyā )
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: לובי
Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡅࡁࡉࡀ
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רוּבְיָא ( rūḇəyā ) , לוּבְיָא ( lūḇəyā )
→ Armenian: լոբի ( lobi )
→ Azerbaijani: lobya
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: लोबिया ( lobiyā )
Urdu: لوبیا ( lobiyā )
→ Kazakh: лобия ( lobiä )
→ Turkmen: noýba
→ Middle Armenian: լովիաս ( lovias ) , լովէստ ( lovēst ) , լուպիա ( lupia ) , լուպիայ ( lupiay ) , լուպիաս ( lupias ) , լուվիաս ( luvias ) , լօվիաս ( lōvias )
→ 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
References
Thompson, Reginald Campbell (1941 ) Cyril John Gadd, editor, A Dictionary of Assyrian Botany , London: The British Academy, published 1949 , page 94
“Beans ”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition , New York, 1989-12-15
“lub [TURNIP]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary , University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لوبیا ( lōbiyā ) , from Ancient Greek λόβια ( lóbia ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
لوبیا • (lobiyā ) m (Hindi spelling लोबिया )
cowpea , black-eyed pea , Vigna unguiculata