ریواس

Persian

Alternative forms
  • ریباس‎ (ribâs)

Etymology

From Middle Persian lypʾs (rēbās, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rap. Cognate with English rape, German Rübe, Russian ре́па (répa).

Noun

ریواس • (rivâs)

  1. rhubarb
  • ریواج‎ (rivâg), ریباج‎ (ribâg)
  • ریوند‎ (rivand)

Borrowed terms

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rēbās”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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