کبوتر
See also: كبوتر
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwtl), 𐫐𐫁𐫇𐫤𐫡 (kbwtr /kabōtar/, “pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapáwtas (“pigeon”). Cognate with Baluchi کپوت (kapōt), Sanskrit कपोत (kapota).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ka.boː.ˈtaɾ/, /ka.buː.ˈtaɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.buː.t̪ʰǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.buː.t̪ʰǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.bɵ.t̪ʰǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kabōtár, kabūtár |
| Dari reading? | kabūtar |
| Iranian reading? | kabutar |
| Tajik reading? | kabütar |
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
| Dari | کبوتر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кабӯтар |
کبوتر • (kabutar) (plural کبوترها, or کبوتران)
Related terms
- کبود (kabud)
Descendants
- → Bengali: কবুতর (kobutor)
- → Gujarati: કબૂતર (kabūtar)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: कबूतर (kabūtar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كبوتر (kebuter)
- → Punjabi:
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabōtar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَبُوتَر (kabūtar, “pigeon; dove”).
Adjective
کَبُوتَر • (kabūtar) (Hindi spelling कबूतर)
- (figuratively) innocent
Noun
کَبُوتَر • (kabūtar) m (Hindi spelling कबूतर)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوتر (kabūtar) |
| oblique | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوتروں (kabūtarõ) |
| vocative | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوترو (kabūtaro) |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوتریں (kabūtarẽ) |
| oblique | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوتروں (kabūtarõ) |
| vocative | کبوتر (kabūtar) | کبوترو (kabūtaro) |
Derived terms
- خُون کَبُوتَر (xūn-e-kabūtar, “red wine”, literally “dove blood”)
- کَبوتَرِ نامَہ بَر (kabūtar-e-nāma-bar, “carrier pigeon”)
- کَبُوتری (kabūtarī, “female pigeon; beautiful woman; dancing girl”)
- کَبُوتَر باز (kabūtar-bāz, “pigeon-breeder; lover”)
- کَبُوتَر بازی (kabūtar-bāzī, “pigeon-rearing”)
- کَبُوتَر خانَہ (kabūtar-xāna, “dovecote”, literally “dove-house”)
References
- “کبوتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کبوتر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کبوتر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “کبوتر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.