چربی

See also: جربي

Persian

FWOTD – 24 April 2021

Etymology

From چرب (čarb), see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaɾ.ˈbiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæɹ.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	čarbī
Dari reading?	čarbī
Iranian reading?	čarbi
Tajik reading?	čarbī

Noun

چربی • (čarbi)

1. fat, grease
2. (archaic) gentleness, leniency
   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     بِهَر کار چربی بباید نَخُست / نباید از آغاز پِیکار جُست

     be har kâr čarbi bebayad naxost / nabâyad az âqâz peykâr jost

     Gentleness is to be adopted in all affairs at first, / one should not seek bellicosity right at the beginning!

   Synonyms: ملایمت (molâyemat), نرمی (narmi), مدارا (modârâ)

Derived terms

• چربیدار (čarbi-dâr)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: चरबी (carbī)
  • Urdu: چربی (carbī)
• → Kannada: ಚರ್ಬಿ (carbi)
• → Assamese: চৰ্বি (sorbi)
• → Bengali: চর্বি (corbi)
• → Odia: ଚର୍ବି (côrbi)
• → Marathi: चरबी (carbī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چربی (čarbī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

چربی • (carbī) f (Hindi spelling चरबी)

1. grease, fat, lard

Derived terms

• چربیدار (carbī-dār)