انگبین

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Persian

انگبین

Etymology

From Middle Persian (DWBŠYA, ʾngpyn' /⁠angubēn⁠/, honey), from Proto-Iranian *Hangubáynah.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish hingiv, Zazaki engemin, Central Kurdish ھەنگِوین (hengiwîn) and Talysh انگوین (anqevin).

Probably not related انگ (ang, yellowjacket); instead related to انگم (angom, resin).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? anguḇīn, angaḇīn
Dari reading? angabīn
Iranian reading? angobin, angabin
Tajik reading? angubin

Noun

Dari انگبین
Iranian Persian
Tajik ангубин

انگبین (angobin or angabin)

  1. (archaic) honey
    Synonyms: عسل (asal), شهد (šahd)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 205:
      دوا جستم برای درد دل افزون صد دردم
      مگس‌وار انگبین کردم طمع زان مبتلا گشتم
      dawā justam barā-yi dard-i dil afzwun sad dardam
      magas-wār angubīn kardam tam' z-ān mubtalā gaštam
      I sought a cure for my heart's pain, and my pain increased a hundredfold;
      I craved for honey like a fly, and I was captured by that.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “angubēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انگبین (angabīn).

Noun

انگبین (angabīnm (Hindi spelling अंगबीन)

  1. honey

Synonyms