فربه

Persian

Alternative forms

  • فربی (farbi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plpyh /⁠frabīh⁠/),[1] from Old Persian *frapīδwa-, a combination of Proto-Iranian *fra- and *piHtú (“fat, tallow”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHtú. Equivalent to فرـ (far-) +‎ پیه (pih, “fat, tallow”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? farbih
Dari reading? farbeh
Iranian reading? farbeh, farbe
Tajik reading? farbeh

Adjective

Dari فربه
Iranian Persian
Tajik фарбеҳ

فربه • (farbeh)

  1. fat, corpulent
    Synonym: چاق (čâq)
  2. copious, plenty

Derived terms

  • فربهی (farbehi, “corpulence”)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: fərbeh
  • → Baluchi: فربہ (farbah)
  • → Chagatai: فربه
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فربه (ferbih)
  • → Urdu: فربہ (farbah)

References

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frabīh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
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