لوبیا

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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
  1. bean
  2. legume

Descendants

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لوبیا (lōbiyā), from Ancient Greek λόβια (lóbia).

Pronunciation

Noun

لوبیا (lobiyām (Hindi spelling लोबिया)

  1. cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata