Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian روغن (rawğan).

Noun edit

روغن (revgan, ruğan)

  1. oil (liquid fat)
    Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
    روغن سادهruğan sademelted butter
    روغن نفتruğan-ı neftturpentine
    روغن آردیجruğan-ı ardıçjuniper oil

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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /⁠rōγn⁠/, oil; butter), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwgʰnas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰ-no-s (cream), from *rewgʰ- +‎ *-nos, from *rew- (to tear, dig, churn).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? rōğan, rawğan
Dari reading? rōğan
Iranian reading? rowğan
Tajik reading? ravġan

Noun edit

Dari روغن, تیل
Iranian Persian روغن
Tajik равған

روغن (rowğan or rôğan) (plural روغن‌ها (rowğan-hâ))

  1. oil (liquid fat); (of mammals) butter; ghee
    روغن آرگانrowğan-e ârgânargan oil
    روغن زیتونrowğan-e zeytunolive oil
    روغن نخلrowğan-e naxlpalm oil
    روغن گاوrowğan-e gâvclarified butter (literally, “cow oil”)

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References edit

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “روغن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rōγn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian روغن (rōğan, oil; butter).

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رَوغَن (rauġanm (Hindi spelling रौग़न)

  1. oil (liquid fat)
  2. butter; ghee
  3. the oily or fatty gravy of stew
  4. varnish, polish; sleekness, glossiness

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References edit

  • روغن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “روغن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • روغن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), “روغن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “روغن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC