لوبیا
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Persian
Alternative forms
- لوویا (lôviyâ)
Etymology
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| 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 |
Descendants
- → Arabic: لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā), لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ), لُوبَاء (lūbāʔ)
- → Spanish: alubia
- → Armenian: լոբի (lobi)
- → Azerbaijani: lobya
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: лобия (lobiä)
- →? Russian: ло́бия (lóbija)
- → 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); ლებიო (lebio); ლობიე (lobie), ლობიეი (lobiei); ლუბია (lubia), ლუბიო (lubio), ლობია (lobia) (see there for further descendants)
- → Punjabi:
- → Turkish: lobya
- → Uzbek: ловия (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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /loː.bɪ.jɑː/