کبک

From Middle Persian kpk' (kabk, “partridge”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kakab- (“partridge”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) . Cognates include Latin cacabō (“to cluck”), Ancient Greek κακκάζειν (kakkázein, “to cluck”), Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́βη (kakkábē, “partridge”), Polish kokot (“rooster”), Lurish کۈگ‎ (küg).

کبک • (kabk) (plural کبک‌ها‎ (kabk-hâ))

1. partridge (bird)
   • 11th century, Manuchehri

     ‏گویی بط سفید جامه به صابون زده است
     کبک دری ساق پای در قدح خون زده است‎

     gōyē batt-i safēd jāma ba sābūn zada-ast
     kabk-i darī sāq-i pāy dar qadah-i xūn zada-ast

Borrowed from French.

کبک • (kebek)

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kabk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Max Vasmer ((Can we date this quote?)) Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary‎