Etymology

From Middle Persian lwpʾh ‎(rōbāh, “fox”) (compare Parthian rwbʾs ‎(rōbās)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća (compare Sanskrit लोपाक ‎(lopāka)), diminutive of *laupi (compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(raōpi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯l(o)p ~ *h₂ulp ‎(“(red) fox”) (compare Italian volpe, Lithuanian lãpė, Greek αλεπού ‎(alepoú), Albanian dhelpër).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ruːˈbɒːh]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [roːˈbɒːh]