لوبیا

See also: لوبيا

Persian

Alternative forms

• لوویا (lôviyâ)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόβια (lóbia), plural of λόβιον (lóbion, “fruit of the cowpea (σμῖλαξ (smîlax))”), from Akkadian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^SAR /⁠lubbu, luppu⁠/, “cowpea”), from Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^SAR /⁠lub⁠/, “cowpea”), likely connected to the Sumerian 𒇻𒂠 (LU-UB₂ /⁠lub⁠/, “pouch, pod, bag”); possibly also found in Arabic جُلُبَّان (julubbān, “grass pea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːbiˈi̯ɒː/
• IPA^(key): /luːbiˈi̯ɒː/, [lubiˈi̯ɒː]

Noun

لوبیا • (lôbiyâ) (plural لوبیاها (lôbiyâ-hâ))

Dari	لوبیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лӯбиё

1. bean
2. legume

Descendants

• → Arabic: لوبيا (lūbiyā), لوبياء (lūbiyāʾ), لوباء (lūbāʾ)
  • → Spanish: alubia
• → Middle Armenian: լովիաս (lovias), լովէստ (lovēst), լուպիա (lupia), լուպիայ (lupiay), լուպիաս (lupias), լուվիաս (luvias), լօվիաս (lōvias)
  • Armenian: լուբիա (lubia)
• → Armenian: լոբի (lobi)
• → Azerbaijani: lobya
• → Georgian: ლობიო (lobio)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: लोबिया (lobiyā)

  Urdu: لوبیا (lobiyā)

• → Kazakh: лобия (lobiä)
  • →? Russian: ло́бия (lóbija)
• → Punjabi: ਲੋਬੀਆ (lobīā)
• → Turkish: lobya
• → Uzbek: ловия (loviya)

References

• Thompson, Reginald Campbell (1941) Cyril John Gadd, editor, A Dictionary of Assyrian Botany‎^[1], London: The British Academy, published 1949, page 94
• “Beans”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, 1989-12-15
• “lub [TURNIP]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[2], University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لوبیا (lôbiyâ), from Ancient Greek λόβια (lóbia).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /loː.bɪ.jɑː/

Noun

لوبیا • (lobiyā) m (Hindi spelling लोबिया)

1. cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata