چربی

See also: جربي

Persian

FWOTD – 24 April 2021

Etymology

From (čarb), see there for further information.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾ.ˈbiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæɹ.bíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čarbī
Dari reading^?	čarbī
Iranian reading^?	čarbi
Tajik reading^?	čarbi

Noun

چربی • (čarbi)

fat, grease
Synonyms: چربو (čarbu), پیه (pih)
(archaic) gentleness, leniency
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  بِهَر کار چربی بباید نَخُست / نباید از آغاز پِیکار جُست
  be har kâr čarbi bebayad naxost / nabâyad az âqâz peykâr jost
  Gentleness is to be adopted in all affairs at first, / one should not seek bellicosity right at the beginning!
Synonyms: ملایمت (molâyemat), نرمی (narmi), مدارا (modârâ)

Derived terms

چربیدار (čarbi-dâr)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चरबी (carbī)

Urdu: چربی (carbī)
→ Kannada: ಚರ್ಬಿ (carbi)
→ Assamese: চৰ্বি (sorbi)
→ Bengali: চর্বি (corbi)
→ Odia: ଚର୍ବି (carbi)
→ Marathi: चरबी (carbī)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čarbī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕərbi]

Noun

چَرْبي • (carbi) ? (Devanagari चर्बी)

fat

References

Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “چَرْبي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čarbī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.biː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

چربی • (carbī) f (Hindi spelling चरबी)

grease, fat, lard

Derived terms

چربیدار (carbī-dār)