آبگینه

Persian

Alternative forms

آبگین‎ (âbgin)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ḵynk' (ābgēnag, “crystal, glass”), compound of ʾp̄ (āb, “water”) + -kyn' (-gēn) + -k' (-ag). Akin to Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾpkyn-), [script needed] (ʾʾpkynʾk, “crystal”), Ossetian авг (avg) (Iron) / авгӕ (avgæ, “glass; bottle”) (Digor), and also Old Armenian ապակի (apaki), Coptic ⲁⲃⲁϫⲏⲓⲛⲓ (abačēini), and Hungarian üveg (“glass; bottle”); Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːbɡiːˈna/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːbɡiːˈna/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːbɡiːˈne/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔbɡiˈna/

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Noun

Iranian Persian	آبگینه
Dari	آبگینه
Tajik	обгина (obgina)

آبگینه • (âbgine) (plural آبگینه‌ها‎ (âbgine-hâ))

glass (substance)
glass (drinking vessel)
mirror

Synonyms

(substance): شیشه‎ (šiše)
(drinking glass): لیوان‎ (livân) (Iran)
(drinking glass): گیلاس‎ (gēlâs) (Dari)
(mirror): آیینه‎ (âyine)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آبگینه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آبگینه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Lambton, Ann K.S. (1954) Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press, page 3
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “آبگینه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ābgēnag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press