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.
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կապէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a 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
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