کابین

Persian

Alternative forms

• کابن (kâben), کاوین (kâvin)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾp̄yn' /⁠kābēn⁠/, “marriage-portion, dowry”). Compare Old Armenian կապէն-ք (kapēn-kʻ, “price of prostitution”), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

کابین • (kâbin)

1. marriage-portion, dowry

Descendants

• → French: kabin
• → Turkish: kebin (dialectal)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կապէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 524b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 165
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کابین”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul