Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian دوربین (durbin).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dyɾˈbin], [dyɾˈbyn]

Noun

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دوربین (dürbin, dürbün)

  1. prospective, perspective glass, monocular, spyglass, telescope

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Adjective

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دوربین (dürbin, dürbün)

  1. clairvoyant

Persian

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دوربین

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Etymology

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From دور (dur) +‎ بین (bin). In the sense of a prospective glass, calque of Latin tēlescopum, tēlescopium, transmitted after this device was invented in Europe in the early 17th century by travellers to the East, which however makes it likely that this sense developed in the Ottoman Turkish vocabulary first.

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Readings
Classical reading? dūrbīn
Dari reading? dūrbīn
Iranian reading? durbin
Tajik reading? durbin
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

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دوربین (durbin)

  1. farsighted, prospective (also figurative)
    • c. 1260, Amīr Khusraw, “Ghazal 1483”, in دیوان امیرخسرو [The Divān of Amīr Khusraw]‎[1]:
      فتادم به چاه زنخ گرچه من
      چو خسرو دلی دوربین داشتم
      fitādam ba čāh-i zanax garči man
      čū xusraw dilē dūrbīn dāštam
      I fell in the dimple of her chin, even though I
      Had a heart which saw far like [Kay] Khusraw.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Noun

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Regional synonyms of "camera"
Dari کَمِرَه
Iranian Persian دوربین
Tajik камера

دوربین (durbin)

  1. (Iran) camera
    دوربین مخفیdurbin-e maxfisecret camera
  2. (Dari) telescope
  3. spyglass, perspective glass; binoculars

Descendants

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References

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  • Bläsing, Uwe (1997) “Irano-Turcica: Westiranisches Wortgut im türkeitürkischen Dialektmaterial”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia[2] (in German), number 2, § 28. durde (Tunceli) ‘Fernglas’, pages 93–96

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دوربین (dūr-bīn).

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Noun

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دوربین (dūr-bīnf (Hindi spelling दूरबीन)

  1. binoculars, telescope

Adjective

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دوربین (dūr-bīn) (Hindi spelling दूरबीन)

  1. farsighted, far-seeing

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