انگبین

Persian

انگبین

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (DWBŠYA, ʾngpyn' /⁠angubēn⁠/, “honey”), from Proto-Iranian *Hangubáynah.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish hingiv, Zazaki engemin, Central Kurdish ھەنگِوین (hengiwîn) and Talysh انگوین (anqevin).

Probably not related انگ (ang, “yellowjacket”); instead related to انگم (angom, “resin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.ɡu.βiːn], [ʔan.ɡa.βiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡä.biːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡä.biːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡä.biːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡä.bin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæŋ.ɡo.biːn], [ʔæɲ.ɡʲæ.biːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.ɡu.bin]

Readings
Classical reading?	anguḇīn, angaḇīn
Dari reading?	angabīn
Iranian reading?	angobin, angabin
Tajik reading?	angubin

Noun

Dari	انگبین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ангубин

انگبین • (angobin or angabin)

1. (archaic) honey

   Synonyms: عسل (asal), شهد (šahd)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 205:

     دوا جستم برای درد دل افزون صد دردم
     مگس‌وار انگبین کردم طمع زان مبتلا گشتم

     dawā justam barā-yi dard-i dil afzwun sad dardam
     magas-wār angubīn kardam tam' z-ān mubtalā gaštam

     I sought a cure for my heart's pain, and my pain increased a hundredfold;
     I craved for honey like a fly, and I was captured by that.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• ترانگبین (tar-angobin, “Persian manna”)
• سرکنگبین (serkangobin, “vinegar-honey drink”)
• گزانگبین (gaz-angobin, “tamarisk manna”)
• گل‌انگبین (gol-angobin, “conserve of rose petals and honey”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “angubēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 10

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انگبین (angabīn).

Noun

انگبین • (angabīn) m (Hindi spelling अंगबीन)

1. honey

Synonyms

• مدھو (madhu)
• عسل (asal)
• شہد (šahd)