افیون

See also: أفيون

Persian

Alternative forms

• اپیون (apyun), ابیون (abyun), هپیون (hapyun), هبیون (habyun), آپیون (âpyun), پیون (piyun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós

Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós)

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)bor.

Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn)bor.

Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion)der.

Persian افیون

The forms with /f/ and /b/ are from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) and أَبْيُون (ʔabyūn), that with /p/ is via Middle Persian directly from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaf.juːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.juːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.juːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.juːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.jun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæf.juːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäf.jun]

Readings
Classical reading?	afyūn
Dari reading?	afyūn
Iranian reading?	afyun
Tajik reading?	afyun

Noun

افیون • (afyun)

Dari	افیون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	афюн

1. opium, poppy-juice

   Synonym: تریاک (teryâk)

Descendants

• → Assamese: আফিং (aphiṅ)
• → Bengali: আফিম (aphim)
• → Gujarati: અફીણ (aphīṇ)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: अफ़ीम (afīm), अफ़यून (afyūn)

  • → Odia: ଅଫିମ (aphima)

  • → Pashto: اپيم (apim), اپين (apin)

  → Urdu: اَفِیم (afīm), اَفْیُونْ (afyūn)

• → Kannada: ಅಫೀಮು (aphīmu)
• → Marathi: अफू (aphū)
• → Tamil: அபினி (apiṉi), அபின் (apiṉ)
• → Thai: ฝิ่น (fìn)
• → Uyghur: ئەپيۈن (epyün)
• → Uzbek: afyun

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “افیون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul