لوبیا

See also: لوبيا

Persian

Alternative forms

• لوویا (lôviyâ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόβια (lóbia), plural of λόβιον (lóbion, “fruit of the cowpea (σμῖλαξ (smîlax))”), from Akkadian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^SAR /⁠lubbu, luppu⁠/, “cowpea”), from Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^SAR /⁠lub⁠/, “cowpea”), likely connected to the Sumerian 𒇻𒂠 (LU-UB₂ /⁠lub⁠/, “pouch, pod, bag”); possibly also found in Arabic جُلُبَّان (julubbān, “grass pea”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [loː.βi.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [loː.bi.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [loː.bi.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [loː.bi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.bi.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.bi.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɵ.bi.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lōḇiyā
Dari reading?	lōbiyā
Iranian reading?	lubiyâ
Tajik reading?	lübiyo

Noun

لوبیا • (lôbiyâ) (plural لوبیاها (lôbiyâ-hâ))

Dari	لوبیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лӯбиё

1. bean
2. legume

Descendants

• → Arabic: لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā), لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ), لُوبَاء (lūbāʔ)
  • → Spanish: alubia
• → Armenian: լոբի (lobi)
• → Azerbaijani: lobya
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: लोबिया (lobiyā)

  Urdu: لوبیا (lobiyā)

• → Kazakh: лобия (lobiä)
  • →? Russian: ло́бия (lóbija)
• → Turkmen: noýba
• → Middle Armenian: լովիաս (lovias), լովէստ (lovēst), լուպիա (lupia), լուպիայ (lupiay), լուպիաս (lupias), լուվիաս (luvias), լօվիաս (lōvias)
  • Armenian: լուբիա (lubia)
• → Middle Georgian: ლობიო (lobio), ლებუა (lebua); ლებიო (lebio); ლობიე (lobie), ლობიეი (lobiei); ლუბია (lubia), ლუბიო (lubio), ლობია (lobia) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਲੋਬੀਆ (lobīā)

  Shahmukhi script: لوبیا (lobiyā)

• → Turkish: lobya
• → Uzbek: ловия (loviya)

References

• Thompson, Reginald Campbell (1941) Cyril John Gadd, editor, A Dictionary of Assyrian Botany‎^[1], London: The British Academy, published 1949, page 94
• “Beans”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1989-12-15
• “lub [TURNIP]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لوبیا (lōbiyā), from Ancient Greek λόβια (lóbia).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /loː.bɪ.jɑː/

Noun

لوبیا • (lobiyā) m (Hindi spelling लोबिया)

1. cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata