بابزن

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːβ.ˈzan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːb.zǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːb.zǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːb.zǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːb.zǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːb.zǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔb.zǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāḇzan
Dari reading?	bābzan
Iranian reading?	bâbzan
Tajik reading?	bobzan

Noun

بابزن • (bâbzan)

1. (obsolete) spit, skewer (for grilling meat)
   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     چو آتش پراگنده شد پیلتن
     درختی بجست از در بابزن

     čū ātaš parāganda šud pīltan
     diraxtē bijust az dar-i bābzan

     When the fire became scattered, the Elephant-Bodied One
     Sought out a tree worthy of being a spit.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بابزن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim