فربه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (farpīh, frapīh), from Old Persian *frapīδwa-, a combination of Proto-Iranian *fra- and *piHtú (“fat, tallow”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHtú.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.bih], [faɾ.ba]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.be]

Readings
Classical reading?	farbih, farba
Iranian reading?	farbe

Adjective

فربه • (farbe)

1. fat, corpulent
2. copious, plenty

Derived terms

• فربهی (farbahi, “corpulence”)

Descendants

• → Baluchi: فربہ (farbah)
• → Chagatai: فربه
• → Ottoman Turkish: فربه (ferbeh)
• → Urdu: فربہ (farbah)

References

• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 984
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 81 Nr. 365
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 84 Nr. 813