کابین
Persian
Alternative forms
- کابن (kâben), کاوین (kâvin)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾp̄yn' /kābēn/, “marriage-portion, dowry”). Compare Old Armenian կապէն-ք (kapēn-kʿ, “price of prostitution”), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
کابین • (kâbin)
- marriage-portion, dowry
Descendants
- → French: kabin
- → Kurdish: [script needed] (kabin)
- → Turkish: kebin (dialectal)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կապէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 524b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 165
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کابین”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul