زوبین

Persian

Alternative forms

  • ژوبین (žubin), ژوپین (župin)

Etymology

A wanderwort of unclear origin: compare Ancient Greek σιβύνη (sibúnē, “hunting spear”), Classical Syriac ܣܘܒܝܢܝܬܐ pl (sōḇīnyāṯā, “spears”), Aramaic סוֹפִינָא (sōp̄īnā, “spear-tip”), Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Middle Georgian ზუფი (zupi, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zōbīn
Dari reading? zōbīn
Iranian reading? zubin
Tajik reading? zübin

Noun

زوبین • (zubin)

  1. javelin

See also

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