کبین

Brahui

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Dravidian *cum- (“to carry on head”).[1] Cognate with Tamil சும (cuma, “to bear, carry”).[2]

McAlpin, taking the "serious" meaning as primary, relates it to Middle Elamite [script needed] (su-um-mu-h /⁠summuh⁠/, “I committed myself”), New Elamite [script needed] (su-um-mu-un /⁠summun⁠/, “offering obligation”).[3] However, in earlier work, he connected it to Elamite [script needed] (su-man-ra, “one who makes others work (hard)”), which is more semantically plausible.[4]

Adjective

کُبین (kuben)

  1. heavy
  2. difficult
  3. weighty, serious
  4. serious-minded, sedate, dignified
  5. dear, expensive
  6. precious
  7. dirty
  8. haunted

Derived terms

  • کُبینِی (kubenī, “crisis, inflation”)

References

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “2677”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  3. ^ McAlpin, David (2022), “*ḱum”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
  4. ^ McAlpin, David (2015), “Brahui and the Zagrosian Hypothesis”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society,‎[1], volume 135, number 3, pages 551–586

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934), “kubēn”, in The Brahui Language‎[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 171
  • Ali, Liaquat; Kobayashi, Masato (2024), “kuben”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 712
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