روغن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian روغن (rawğan).

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, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwgʰnas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰ-no-s (cream), from *rewgʰ- + *-nos, from *rew- (to tear, dig, churn).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [roː.ɣän]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [roː.ɣän]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rʊː.ɣän]

Readings
Classical reading? rōğan, rawğan
Dari reading? rōğan
Iranian reading? rowğan
Tajik reading? ravġan

Noun

Dari روغن, تیل
Iranian Persian روغن
Tajik равған

روغن • (rowğan or rôğan) (plural روغن‌ها (rowğan-hâ))

  1. oil (liquid fat); (of mammals) butter; ghee
    روغن آرگانrowğan-e ârgânargan oil
    روغن زیتونrowğan-e zeytunolive oil
    روغن نخلrowğan-e naxlpalm oil
    روغن گاوrowğan-e gâvclarified butter (literally, “cow oil”)

Derived terms

  • روغن دار (rowğan dâr, oil-containing)
  • روغن دان (rowğan dân, oil container)
  • روغن ریخته جمع نمیشود (rowğan-e rixte jam' ne-mi-šavad, No use crying over spilled milk, literally Spilled oil can't be collected)
  • روغن زن (rowğan zan, oil press machine)
  • روغن فروش (rowğan foruš, oil seller)
  • روغنی (rowğani, oily)
  • مرغ روغن (morğ-e rowğan, oilbird)

Descendants

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روغن (rōğan, oil; butter).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَوغَن • (rauġan) m (Hindi spelling रौग़न)

  1. oil (liquid fat)
  2. butter; ghee
  3. the oily or fatty gravy of stew
  4. varnish, polish; sleekness, glossiness

Derived terms

  • رَوغنِی (rauġnī, oily)
  • رَوغَنِ زَرْد (rauġan-e-zard, ghee)
  • رَوغَنِ اَرَنڈ (rauġan-e-aranḍ, castor oil)
  • رَوغَنِ زَیتُون (rauġan-e-zaitūn, olive oil)
  • رَوغَنِ نارِیَل (rauġan-e-nāriyāl, coconut oil)
  • رَوغَنی نان (rauġnī-nān, buttered naan)
  • رَوغَنی روٹی (rauġnī-nān, buttered roti)

References

  • روغن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), روغن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • روغن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), روغن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), روغن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
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