کبریت

From Arabic كِبْرِيت‎ (kibrīt, “sulfur, match”), from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא‎ (kiḇrīṯā) / ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ‎ (kĕḇrīṯā, “sulfur”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”).

کبریت • (kebrit) (plural کبریت‌ها‎ (kebrit-hâ))

1. match, matchstick
2. sulfur, brimstone

   Synonym: گوگرد‎ (gugerd)

From Persian کبریت‎ (kebrit).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪb.ɾiːt̪/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /kɪb.ɾiːt̪/

کِبْرِیت • (kibrīt) m (Hindi spelling किब्रीत)

1. sulfur
2. matchstick, match
3. chemical

• گندھک‎ (gandhak)

• “کبریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کبریت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کبریت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “کبریت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC