جبین

Ottoman Turkish

جبین

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄pïn (“fly, mosquito”) and thus related to چبان (çıban, “boil; abscess”); cognate with Azerbaijani çibin, Salar cüyin, Turkmen çȳbyn and Uzbek chivin.

Noun

جبین • (cibin)

1. gnat, midge, any small insect such as a mosquito or a sandfly

Derived terms

• جبینلك (cibinlik, “mosquito net”)

Descendants

• Turkish: cibin

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cibin¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 811
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جبین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جبین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَبِين (jabīn, “forehead”).

Noun

جبین • (cebin)

1. forehead, the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline

   Synonyms: آلن (alın), پیشانی (pişani)

Derived terms

• جبین سای (cebin say, “prostrated, lying face-down”)
• جبین فرسا (cebin fersa, “prostrated, lying face-down”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: cebin

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cebin2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 766
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جبین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Frons”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 618
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جبین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 1581
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جبین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَبِين (jabīn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.βiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.biːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.biːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.biːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.bin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.biːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.bin]

Readings
Classical reading?	jaḇīn
Dari reading?	jabīn
Iranian reading?	jabin
Tajik reading?	jabin

Noun

جبین • (jabin)

1. (literary) forehead

   Synonym: پیشانی (pišâni)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

     رضا به داده بده، وز جبین گره بگشای
     که بر من و تو درِ اختیار نگشادست

     rizâ ba dâda bidah, w-az jabîn gira bigušây
     ki bar man u tô dar-i ixtiyâr na-gšâd ast

     Grant satisfaction to what you have been granted, and open the frown from your brows; for the door of choice is open to neither you nor me.