فربه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (farpīh, frapīh), from Old Persian *frapīδwa-, a combination of Proto-Iranian *fra- and *piHtú (“fat, tallow”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHtú.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.bih], [faɾ.ba]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.be]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farbih, farba

Iranian reading^?	farbe

Adjective

فربه • (farbe)

fat, corpulent
copious, plenty

Derived terms

فربهی (farbahi, “corpulence”)

Descendants

→ Baluchi: فربہ (farbah)
→ Chagatai: فربه
→ Ottoman Turkish: فربه (ferbeh)
→ Urdu: فربہ (farbah)

References

Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 984
Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 81 Nr. 365
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 84 Nr. 813

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