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): /ʔæfˈjuːn/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)æfˈju(ː)n], [(ʔ)æfˈjʊn]

Noun

افیون • (afyun)

Dari	افیون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	афюн

1. opium, poppy-juice

Descendants

• → Assamese: আফিং (aphiṅ)
• → Bengali: আফিম (aphim)
• → Gujarati: અફીણ (aphīṇ)
• → Hindi: अफ़ीम (afīm), अफीम (aphīm) (nuqtaless)
  • → Odia: ଅଫିମ (ôphimô)
• → 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