کبود

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian kpwt' (kabōd, “blue-gray; pigeon”), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎣 (k-p-u-t-k /⁠kapautaka⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *kapawtakáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapawtakás, from *kapáwtas (“grey-blue”). Cognate with Sanskrit कपोतक (kapotaka, “pigeon-coloured”), Old Armenian կապուտակ (kaputak) (an Iranian borrowing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæˈboːd/
• IPA^(key): /kæˈbuːd/, [kʲæˈbuːd]

Adjective

کبود • (kabud)

1. blue-gray
2. blue
3. dark purple

Derived terms

• کبوده (kabude)
• کبودچشم (kabud-čašm)
• یاقوت کبود (yâqut-e kabud)
• کبود شدن (kabud šodan)

Related terms

• کبوتر (kabutar)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabōd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کبود”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کبود”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “کبود”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “کبود”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr