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)

gnat, midge, any small insect such as a mosquito or a sandfly

Derived terms

جبینلك‎ (cibinlik, “mosquito net”)

Descendants

Turkish: cibin

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cibin¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 811
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جبین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جبین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

Etymology 2

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

Noun

جبین • (cebin)

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

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cebin2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 766
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جبین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Frons”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 618
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “جبین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1581
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جبین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَبِين‎ (jabīn).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒabiːn/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒabin/

Noun

جبین • (jabin)

(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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