روباه

See also: روباہ‎

Persian

یک روباهِ سرخ

Alternative forms

روبَه‎ (rubah) (poetic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwpʾh /rōbāh/, “fox”) (compare Parthian [Manichaean needed] (rwbʾs /rōbās/)), from Old Persian *𐎼𐎢𐎱𐎠𐎰 (rawpāθa, “fox”), from Proto-Iranian *HrawpaHcáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HlawpaHćás (compare Sanskrit लोपाक (lopāka)), diminutive of *lawpi- (compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬋𐬞𐬌‎ (raōpi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Compare Latin vulpēs, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Albanian dhelpër).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoːbɑːh/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾoːbɑːh/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾuːbɒːh/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɵbɔh/

Noun

Iranian Persian	روباه
Dari	روباه
Tajik	рӯбоҳ (rüboh)

روباه • (rubâh) (plural روباهان‎ (rubâhân) or روباه‌ها‎ (rubâh-hâ))

fox
(figurative) a cunning and sly person
‏‎‎
man omran be in rubâh-e pir e'temâd nemikonam
I won't trust this sly old fox!
(figurative, derogatory) The British Empire, the United Kingdom, or England
‏‎‎
engelis ye rubâh-e hoqqe-bâze!
England (UK) is a sly fox!

See also: کار، کار انگلیسی‌هاست‎

Derived terms

دم‌روباهی‎ (dom-rubâhi, “foxtail grass”)

Descendants

→ Malay: rubah
- Indonesian: rubah
→ Ottoman Turkish: روباه‎ (rubah)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “روباه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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