روغن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَوْغَن (rawğan).

Noun

روغن • (revgan or rugan)

  1. oil, grease, ointment, pomade, any greasy substance
    Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
  2. butter, a fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk
    Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
  3. varnish, a paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a film
    Synonym: ورنیك (vernik)

Derived terms

  • روغن آردیج (rugan-ı ardıç, “juniper oil”)
  • روغن ساده (rugan sade, “melted butter”)
  • روغن سورمك (rugan sürmek, “to apply varnish”)
  • روغن نفت (rugan-ı neft, “turpentine”)
  • روغنفروش (ruganfuruş, “seller of oil or butter”)
  • روغنلاتمق (ruganlatmak, “to make or let be varnished”)
  • روغنلامق (ruganlamak, “to varnish”)
  • روغنلو (ruganlı, “varnished”)
  • روغنی (rugani, “oily, syrupy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: rugan

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

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

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [roː.ɣän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [roː.ɣän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rʊː.ɣän]

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

Noun

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 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

  • 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

  • Dari: روغَن (rōğan)
  • Iranian Persian: رَوغَن (rowğan)
  • Tajik: равған (ravġan)
  • → Gujarati: રોગાન (rogān)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: रौग़न (rauġan)
    Urdu: رَوغَن (rauġan)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: روغن (revgan, rugan)
  • → Shughni: [script needed] (rūɣan)

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَوْغَن (rawğan).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَوغَن • (rauġan) m (Hindi spelling रौग़न)

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

Derived terms

  • رَوغنِی (rauġnī, “oily”)
  • رَوغَنِ اَرَنْڈ (rauġan-i aranḍ, “castor oil”)
  • رَوغَنِ زَرْد (rauġan-i zard, “ghee”)
  • رَوغَنِ زَیتُون (rauġan-i zaitūn, “olive oil”)
  • رَوغَنِ نارِیَل (rauġan-i nāriyal, “coconut oil”)
  • رَوغَنی روٹی (rauġanī roṭī, “buttered roti”)
  • رَوغَنی نان (rauġanī nān, “buttered naan”)

References

  • “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], 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
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