دلبر

Persian

Etymology

From دل (dil / del, “heart”) +‎ ـبر (bar, “[one who] bears”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dil.ˈbar/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪el.bæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dilbar
Dari reading?	dilbar
Iranian reading?	delbar
Tajik reading?	dilbar

• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

دلبر • (dilbar / delbar) (plural دلبران (dilbarān / delbarân), Tajik spelling дилбар)

1. beloved, sweetheart, love (person who is the object of romantic feelings)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dilbər
  • → Georgian: დილბარ (dilbar) (Ingiloy)
• → Chagatai: دلبر (dlbr)
  • Uyghur: دىلبەر (dilber)
  • Uzbek: dilbar
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दिलबर (dilbar)

  Urdu: دِلبَر

• → Ottoman Turkish: دلبر
  • Turkish: dilber
• → Punjabi: دِلبَر (dilbar)
• → Turkmen: dilber

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دلبر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim