دلبر

Persian

Etymology

From (dil / del, “heart”) +‎ (bar, “[one who] bears”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dil.ˈbaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪el.bæɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dilbar
Dari reading^?	dilbar
Iranian reading^?	delbar
Tajik reading^?	dilbar

Rhymes: -ar

Noun

دلبر • (dilbar / delbar) (plural دلبران (dilbarān / delbarân), Tajik spelling дилбар)

beloved, sweetheart, love (person who is the object of romantic feelings)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: dilbər
- → Georgian: დილბარ (dilbar) (Ingiloy)
→ Chagatai: دلبر
- Uyghur: دىلبەر (dilber)
- Uzbek: dilbar
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दिलबर (dilbar)

Urdu: دِلبَر
→ Ottoman Turkish: دلبر
- Turkish: dilber
→ Punjabi: دِلبَر (dilbar)
→ Turkmen: dilber

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دلبر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim