روبه

Malay

Alternative forms

• rubah

Etymology

From Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōpās), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯l(o)p ~ *h₂ulp ((red) fox).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rubah]
• Rhymes: -ubah, -bah, -ah

Noun

روبه (Rumi spelling rubah, plural روبه٢, informal 1st possessive روبهکو, 2nd possessive روبهمو)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Synonyms

• musang / موسڠ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾoː.ˈβah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.bǽʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.bǽʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹuː.bǽʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɵ.bǽʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōḇah
Dari reading?	rōbah
Iranian reading?	rubah
Tajik reading?	rübah

Noun

Dari	روبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рӯбаҳ

روبه • (rubah) (plural روبَهان (rubah-ân))

1. (poetic) Alternative form of روباه
   • Habib Yaghmaei, the Persian translation of The Fox and the Crow:

     روبه پرفریب و حیلت‌ساز / رفت پای درخت و کرد آواز

     rubah-e por-farib-o hilat-sâz / raft pây-e deraxt-o kard âvâz

     The sly, deceitfull fox / stood by the tree and started to sing