لوبیا

See also: لوبيا

Persian

Alternative forms

  • لوویا (lôviyâ)

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? lōbiyā
Dari reading? lōbiyā
Iranian reading? lubiyâ
Tajik reading? lübiyo

Noun

لوبیا • (lôbiyâ) (plural لوبیاها)

Dari لوبیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik лӯбиё
  1. bean
  2. legume

Descendants

  • Arabic: لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā), لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ), لُوبَاء (lūbāʔ), لُوبِيَة (lūbiya), לוביאJudeo-Arabic
    • Moroccan Arabic: لوبيا (lūbya)
    • Israeli Hebrew: לוּבׅיָא (lūḇīyā)
    • Ladino: lubia
    • Spanish: alubia
  • 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)
    • Armenian: լուբիա (lubia)
  • 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[1], 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[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Urdu

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