افیون

See also: أفيون

Persian

Alternative forms

اپیون (apiyôn), ابیون (abyūn), هپیون (hapiyōn), هبیون (habyūn)

Etymology

The forms with /f/ and /b/ are from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) and أَبْيُون (ʔabyūn), that with /p/ is via Middle Persian directly from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔæfˈjuːn/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)æfˈju(ː)n], [(ʔ)æfˈjʊn]

Noun

افیون • (afyun)


Iranian Persian	افیون
Dari	افیون
Tajik	афюн

opium, poppy-juice

Descendants

→ Assamese: আফিং (aphiṅ)
→ Bengali: আফিম (aphim)
→ Gujarati: અફીણ (aphīṇ)
→ Hindi: अफ़ीम (afīm), अफीम (aphīm) (nuqtaless)
- → Odia: ଅଫିମ (ôphimô)
→ Marathi: अफू (aphū)
→ Tamil: அபினி (apiṉi), அபின் (apiṉ)
→ Kannada: ಅಫೀಮು (aphīmu)
→ Thai: ฝิ่น (fìn)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “افیون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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