افیون

See also: أفيون

Persian

Alternative forms

• اپیون (apiyôn), ابیون (abyūn), هپیون (hapiyōn), هبیون (habyūn)

Etymology

The forms with /f/ and /b/ are from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) and أَبْيُون (ʔabyūn), that with /p/ is via Middle Persian directly from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.fi.juːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fi.juːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fi.juːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fi.juːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fu.jun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.fi.juːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.fi.jun]

Readings
Classical reading?	afiyūn
Dari reading?	afiyūn
Iranian reading?	afiyun
Tajik reading?	afiyun

Noun

افیون • (afyun)

Dari	افیون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	афюн

1. opium, poppy-juice

Descendants

• → Assamese: আফিং (aphiṅ)
• → Bengali: আফিম (aphim)
• → Gujarati: અફીણ (aphīṇ)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: अफ़ीम (afīm), अफीम (aphīm) (nuqtaless)

  • → Odia: ଅଫିମ (ôphimô)

  → Urdu: اَفِیم (afīm)

• → Marathi: अफू (aphū)
• → Tamil: அபினி (apiṉi), அபின் (apiṉ)
• → Kannada: ಅಫೀಮು (aphīmu)
• → Thai: ฝิ่น (fìn)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “افیون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul