روغن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian روغن‎ (rowğan).

Noun

روغن • (revgan, ruğan)

1. oil (liquid fat)

   Synonym: یاغ‎ (yağ)

   ‏روغن ساده‎‎ ― ruğan sade ― melted butter

   ‏روغن نفت‎‎ ― ruğan-ı neft ― turpentine

   ‏روغن آردیج‎‎ ― ruğan-ı ardıç ― juniper oil

Derived terms

• روغنی‎‎ (revğani, “oily, syrupy”)
  • Turkish: revani (“semolina cake”, noun)
  • → Greek: ρεβανί n (revaní, “semolina cake”), see ρεβανί at the Greek Wiktionary

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /rōγn/, “oil; butter”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾawɣan/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɾawɣan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾowɢæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɾavɣan/

Noun

روغن • (rowğan) (plural روغن‌ها‎ (rowğan-hâ))

1. oil (liquid fat)

Derived terms

• روغنی‎ (rowğani)

References

• 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