کبوتر

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwtl), 𐫐𐫁𐫇𐫤𐫡‎ (kbwtr /kabōtar/, “pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapáwtas (“pigeon”).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kæboːˈtæɾ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /kæbuːˈtæɾ/, [kʲæbuːˈtʰæɾ]
• Rhymes: -ar

کبوتر • (kabutar) (plural کبوترها‎ (kabutar-hâ) or کبوتران‎ (kabutarân))

1. pigeon, dove

• کفتر‎ (kaftar)
• حمام‎ (hamâm)

• کبود‎ (kabud)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar)

  Shahmukhi script: کَبُوتَر‎ (kabūtar)

• → Urdu: کَبُوتَر‎ (kabūtar)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kabōtar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Classical Persian کبوتر‎ (kabūtar, “pigeon; dove”).

Cognate with Baluchi کپوت‎ (kapōt, “pigeon”), Kalasha کوھوو‎ (kohów, “dove”), and Gandhari 𐨐𐨬𐨆𐨡‎ (kavoda, “pigeon”).

کبوتر • (kabūtar)

1. (figuratively) innocent

کبوتر • (kabūtar) m (Hindi spelling कबूतर)

1. pigeon, dove

   Synonym: کپوت‎ (kapot)

2. (figurative) beloved; a young maiden

• کَبُوتری‎ (kabūtarī, “female pigeon; beautiful woman; dancing girl”)
• کَبُوتَر خانَہ‎ (kabūtar-xāna, “dovecote”, literally “dove-house”)
• کَبُوتَر باز‎ (kabūtar-bāz, “pigeon-breeder; lover”)
• کَبُوتَر بازی‎ (kabūtar-bāzī, “pigeon-rearing”)
• خُون کَبُوتَر‎ (xūn-e-kabūtar, “red wine”, literally “dove blood”)
• کَبوتَرِ نامَہ بَر‎ (kabūtar-e-nāma-bar, “carrier pigeon”)

• “کبوتر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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 Thompson (1884), “کبوتر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “کبوتر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.