افیون

See also: أفيون

Persian

Alternative forms

• اپیون (apyun), ابیون (abyun), هپیون (hapyun), هبیون (habyun), آپیون (âpyun), پیون (piyun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós

Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.

Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn)bor.

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Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)der.

Persian افیون

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): /ʔaf.ˈjuːn/

 

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

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

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

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

• Rhymes: -uːn

Readings
Classical reading?	afyūn
Dari reading?	afyūn
Iranian reading?	afyun
Tajik reading?	afyun

Noun

افیون • (afyūn / afyun) (Tajik spelling афюн)

1. opium, poppy-juice

   Synonym: تریاک (teryâk)

Descendants

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

  → Hindi: अफ़ीम (afīm), अफ़यून (afyūn)

  • → Nepali: अफिम (aphim)
  • → Odia: ଅଫିମ (aphima)

  • → Pashto: اپيم (apim), اپين (apin)

  → Urdu: اَفِیم (afīm), اَفْیُونْ (afyūn)

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “afyūn”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “افیون”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “افیون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْیُون (afyūn), from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əf.juːn/

Noun

اَفْیُون • (afyūn) f (Hindi spelling अफ़्यून)

1. opium

Further reading

• “افیون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “افیون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.