چربی

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See also: جربي

Persian

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Etymology

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From چرب (čarb), see there for further information.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čarbī
Dari reading? čarbī
Iranian reading? čarbi
Tajik reading? čarbi

Noun

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چربی (čarbi)

  1. fat, grease
    Synonyms: چربو (čarbu), پیه (pih)
  2. (archaic) gentleness, leniency
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      بِهَر کار چربی بباید نَخُست / نباید از آغاز پِیکار جُست
      be har kâr čarbi bebayad naxost / nabâyad az âqâz peykâr jost
      Gentleness is to be adopted in all affairs at first, / one should not seek bellicosity right at the beginning!
    Synonyms: ملایمت (molâyemat), نرمی (narmi), مدارا (modârâ)

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چربي (čarbī).

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Noun

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چَرْبي (carbi? (Devanagari चर्बी)

  1. fat

References

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “چَرْبي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چربی (čarbī).

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Noun

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چربی (carbīf (Hindi spelling चरबी)

  1. grease, fat, lard

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