کالبد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾlpwt' /⁠kālbod⁠/, body, shape, form), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, shoemaker’s last). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫐𐫀𐫓𐫁𐫏𐫅 (kʾlbyd /⁠kālbid⁠/) and Old Armenian կաղապար (kałapar), գաղափար (gałapʻar), Iranian loanwords. Doublet of قالب (qâleb), the same Greek word via Arabic.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kālbud
Dari reading? kālbud
Iranian reading? kâlbod
Tajik reading? kolbud

Noun

Dari کالبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik колбуд

کالبد • (kâlbod) (plural کالبدها)

  1. form, frame, structure
    Synonym: قالب (qâleb)
  2. body
    Synonyms: جسم (jesm), بدن (badan)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kelebut

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kālbod”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կաղապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 494b