روغن
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian روغن (rawğan).
Noun edit
روغن • (revgan, ruğan)
- 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 edit
- روغنی (revğani, “oily, syrupy”)
- Turkish: revani (“semolina cake”, noun)
- → Greek: ρεβανί n (revaní, “semolina cake”), see ρεβανί at the Greek Wiktionary
Persian edit
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾoː.ɣan], [ɾaw.ɣan]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹow.ɢæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾäw.ʁän]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | rōğan, rawğan |
Dari reading? | rōğan |
Iranian reading? | rowğan |
Tajik reading? | ravġan |
Noun edit
Dari | روغن, تیل |
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Iranian Persian | روغن |
Tajik | равған |
روغن • (rowğan or rôğan) (plural روغنها (rowğan-hâ))
- oil (liquid fat); (of mammals) butter; ghee
- روغن آرگان ― rowğan-e ârgân ― argan oil
- روغن زیتون ― rowğan-e zeytun ― olive oil
- روغن نخل ― rowğan-e naxl ― palm oil
- روغن گاو ― rowğan-e gâv ― clarified butter (literally, “cow oil”)
Derived terms edit
- روغن دار (rowğan dâr, “oil-containing”)
- روغن دان (rowğan dân, “oil container”)
- روغن ریخته جمع نمیشود (rowğan-e rixte jam' ne-mi-šavad, “No use crying over spilled milk”, literally “Spilled oil can't be collected”)
- روغن زن (rowğan zan, “oil press machine”)
- روغن فروش (rowğan foruš, “oil seller”)
- روغنی (rowğani, “oily”)
- مرغ روغن (morğ-e rowğan, “oilbird”)
Descendants edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɔː.ɣən/, /ɾoː.ɣən/
Noun edit
رَوغَن • (rauġan) m (Hindi spelling रौग़न)
- oil (liquid fat)
- butter; ghee
- the oily or fatty gravy of stew
- varnish, polish; sleekness, glossiness
Derived terms edit
- رَوغنِی (rauġnī, “oily”)
- رَوغَنِ زَرْد (rauġan-e-zard, “ghee”)
- رَوغَنِ اَرَنڈ (rauġan-e-aranḍ, “castor oil”)
- رَوغَنِ زَیتُون (rauġan-e-zaitūn, “olive oil”)
- رَوغَنِ نارِیَل (rauġan-e-nāriyāl, “coconut oil”)
- رَوغَنی نان (rauġnī-nān, “buttered naan”)
- رَوغَنی روٹی (rauġnī-nān, “buttered roti”)
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