كبار

See also: كثار

Arabic

Etymology 1

Adjective

كِبَار • (kibār) pl

1. inflection of كَبِير (kabīr):
   1. masculine plural
   2. feminine plural

Etymology 2

Noun

كِبَار • (kibār) m

1. verbal noun of كَبُرَ (kabura) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun كِبَار (kibār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كِبَار kibār	الْكِبَار al-kibār	كِبَار kibār
nominative	كِبَارٌ kibārun	الْكِبَارُ al-kibāru	كِبَارُ kibāru
accusative	كِبَارًا kibāran	الْكِبَارَ al-kibāra	كِبَارَ kibāra
genitive	كِبَارٍ kibārin	الْكِبَارِ al-kibāri	كِبَارِ kibāri

Etymology 3

Noun

كَبَّار • (kabbār) m

1. alternative form of كَبَر (kabar, “caper”)

Declension

Declension of noun كَبَّار (kabbār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَبَّار kabbār	الْكَبَّار al-kabbār	كَبَّار kabbār
nominative	كَبَّارٌ kabbārun	الْكَبَّارُ al-kabbāru	كَبَّارُ kabbāru
accusative	كَبَّارًا kabbāran	الْكَبَّارَ al-kabbāra	كَبَّارَ kabbāra
genitive	كَبَّارٍ kabbārin	الْكَبَّارِ al-kabbāri	كَبَّارِ kabbāri

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِبَار (kibār), plural of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large; great”). The adjective derives from the noun and arose during the Ottoman period.

Noun

كبار • (kibar)

1. plural of كبیر (kebir, “great, large; grand”): noble people

Adjective

كبار • (kibar)

1. noble, highborn

   Synonyms: اصیل (asil), شریف (şerif)

2. polite, well-mannered, courteous

   Synonyms: تربیه‌لو (terbiyeli), مؤدب (müʼeddeb), نازك (nâzik)

Descendants

• كبارانه (kibarâne, “politely, gently”)
• كبارجه (kibarca, “politely, gently”)
• كبارلاشمق (kibarlaşmak, “to gentle, become polite”)
• كبارلق (kibarlık, “politeness”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kibar
• → Armenian: քիպար (kʻipar), ք^յիբար (kʻ^yibar)

Further reading

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• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), “kibar”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “كبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 608
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kibar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2665
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كبار”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 383a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1008
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Magnus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 986
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كبار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3861
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kibar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1521