روغن
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian روغن (rowğan).
Noun
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
- روغنی (revğani, “oily, syrupy”)
- Turkish: revani (“semolina cake”, noun)
- → Greek: ρεβανί n (revaní, “semolina cake”), see ρεβανί at the Greek Wiktionary
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /rōγn/, “oil; butter”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /ɾawɣan/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /ɾawɣan/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /ɾowɢæn/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /ɾavɣan/
Noun
روغن • (rowğan) (plural روغنها (rowğan-hâ))
- oil (liquid fat)
Derived terms
- روغنی (rowğani)
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