روغن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian روغن (rowğan).

Noun

روغن (revgan, ruğan)

  1. oil (liquid fat)
    Synonym: یاغ (yağ)
    روغن سادهruğan sademelted butter
    روغن نفتruğan-ı neftturpentine
    روغن آردیجruğan-ı ardıçjuniper oil

Derived terms

  • روغنی (revğani, oily, syrupy)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /rōγn/, oil; butter), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah.

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /ɾawɣan/

Noun

روغن (rowğan) (plural روغن‌ها (rowğan-hâ))

  1. oil (liquid fat)

Derived terms

  • روغنی (rowğani)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), روغن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rōγn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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