روغن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian روغن (rawğan).

Noun

روغن • (revgan, ruğan)

1. oil (liquid fat)

   Synonym: یاغ (yağ)

   روغن ساده ― ruğan sade ― melted butter

   روغن نفت ― ruğan-ı neft ― turpentine

   روغن آردیج ― ruğan-ı ardıç ― juniper oil

Derived terms

• روغنی (revğani, “oily, syrupy”)
  • Turkish: revani (“semolina cake”, noun)
  • → Greek: ρεβανί n (revaní, “semolina cake”), see ρεβανί at the Greek Wiktionary

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwkn' /⁠rōγn⁠/, “oil; butter”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwgʰnas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰ-no-s (“cream”), from *rewgʰ- +‎ *-nos, from *rew- (“to tear, dig, churn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾoː.ɣan], [ɾaw.ɣan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.ɣän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [roː.ɣän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [roː.ɣän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rʊː.ɣän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹow.ɢæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäw.ʁän]

Readings
Classical reading?	rōğan, rawğan
Dari reading?	rōğan
Iranian reading?	rowğan
Tajik reading?	ravġan

Noun

Dari	روغن, تیل
Iranian Persian	روغن
Tajik	равған

روغن • (rowğan or rôğan) (plural روغن‌ها (rowğan-hâ))

1. oil (liquid fat); (of mammals) butter; ghee

   روغن آرگان ― rowğan-e ârgân ― argan oil

   روغن زیتون ― rowğan-e zeytun ― olive oil

   روغن نخل ― rowğan-e naxl ― palm oil

   روغن گاو ― rowğan-e gâv ― clarified butter (literally, “cow oil”)

Derived terms

• روغن دار (rowğan dâr, “oil-containing”)
• روغن دان (rowğan dân, “oil container”)
• روغن ریخته جمع نمیشود (rowğan-e rixte jam' ne-mi-šavad, “No use crying over spilled milk”, literally “Spilled oil can't be collected”)
• روغن زن (rowğan zan, “oil press machine”)
• روغن فروش (rowğan foruš, “oil seller”)
• روغنی (rowğani, “oily”)
• مرغ روغن (morğ-e rowğan, “oilbird”)

 

Descendants

• → Gujarati: રોગાન (rogān)
• → Urdu: روغن (rauġan)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “روغن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rōγn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian روغن (rōğan, “oil; butter”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː.ɣən/, /ɾoː.ɣən/

Noun

رَوغَن • (rauġan) m (Hindi spelling रौग़न)

1. oil (liquid fat)
2. butter; ghee
3. the oily or fatty gravy of stew
4. varnish, polish; sleekness, glossiness

Derived terms

• رَوغنِی (rauġnī, “oily”)
• رَوغَنِ زَرْد (rauġan-e-zard, “ghee”)
• رَوغَنِ اَرَنڈ (rauġan-e-aranḍ, “castor oil”)
• رَوغَنِ زَیتُون (rauġan-e-zaitūn, “olive oil”)
• رَوغَنِ نارِیَل (rauġan-e-nāriyāl, “coconut oil”)
• رَوغَنی نان (rauġnī-nān, “buttered naan”)
• رَوغَنی روٹی (rauġnī-nān, “buttered roti”)

References

• “روغن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روغن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “روغن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “روغن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “روغن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC