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, Turkmen çȳbyn and Uzbek chivin.

Noun

جبین • (cibin)

  1. gnat, midge, any small insect such as a mosquito or a sandfly
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: cibin

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَبِين (jabīn, forehead).

Noun

جبین • (cebin)

  1. 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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَبِين (jabīn).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.biːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.biːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bin]

Readings
Classical reading? jaḇīn
Dari reading? jabīn
Iranian reading? jabin
Tajik reading? jabin

Noun

جبین • (jabin)

  1. (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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