جبین

جبین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• جبن‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čï̄pïn.

Noun

جبین • (cibin)

1. mosquito; biting fly

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جبین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جبین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَبِين‎ (jabīn).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒabiːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæbiːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒabin/

Noun

جبین • (jabin)

1. (literary) forehead

   Synonym: پیشانی‎ (pišâni)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:

     ‏رضا به داده بده، وز جبین گره بگشای
     که بر من و تو درِ اختیار نگشادست‎

     rizā ba dāda bidah, w-az jabīn gira bigušāy
     ki bar man u tō dar-i ixtiyār na-gšād ast

     Grant satisfaction to what you have been granted, and open the frown from your brows; for the door of choice is open to neither you nor me.