جبین

Ottoman Turkish

جبین

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄pïn (“fly, mosquito”) and thus related to چبان‎ (çıban, “boil; abscess”); cognate with Azerbaijani çibin, Salar cüyin and Turkmen çȳbyn.

Noun

جبین • (cibin)

  1. gnat, midge, any small insect such as a mosquito or a sandfly
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: cibin

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَبِين‎ (jabīn, “forehead”).

Noun

جبین • (cebin)

  1. forehead, the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline
    Synonyms: آلن‎ (alın), پیشانی‎ (pişani)
Derived terms
  • جبین سای‎ (cebin say, “prostrated, lying face-down”)
  • جبین فرسا‎ (cebin fersa, “prostrated, lying face-down”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: cebin

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَبِين‎ (jabīn).

Pronunciation

  • (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
      ‎
      rizâ ba dâda bidah, w-az jabîn gira bigušây
      ki bar man u tô dar-i ixtiyâr na-gšâd 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.
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