کابل

See also: كابل‎

Pashto
FWOTD – 26 November 2015
د کابل ښار او غرونه

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit कुभा (kubhā, “Kabul River”) and Ancient Greek Κάβουρα (Káboura) (a settlement in Afghanistan crossed by Alexander the Great).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑˈbəl/

Proper noun

کابل • (kābә́l)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

References

Persian

Etymology 1
Dari کابل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Кобул (Kobul)

From Sanskrit कुभा (kubhā, “Kabul River”) and Avestan Kubha. Pronunciation changed to "Kabul" around the 11th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /kɔˈbul/

Proper noun

کابُل • (kâbol)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
  2. Kabul (a province of Afghanistan)
    ‏ولایت کابل‎ ― velâyat-e kâbol ― the province of Kabul, Kabul Province
  3. A river in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Etymology 2

From French câble

Noun

کابل • (kâbl)

  1. cable

References
  1. Kakar, M. Hassan (3 May 2021) The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کابُل‎ (kābul).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

کابُل • (kābul) m (Hindi spelling काबुल)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
  2. Kabul (a province of Afghanistan)
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