کبک

See also: کپک and کپگ

Persian

Perdix perdix

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkabk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäbk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäbk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäbk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.wuk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæbkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäbk]

• Rhymes: -abk

Readings
Classical reading?	kabk
Dari reading?	kabk
Iranian reading?	kabk
Tajik reading?	kabk

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpk' /⁠kabk⁠/, “partridge”), Northern Luri کڢگ (kwg). Compare Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́βη (kăkkắbē).

Noun

کبک • (kabk) (plural کبک‌ها)

1. partridge (bird)
   • c. 1030, Manuchehri, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     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

     You would say the white duck has washed its robes with soap,
     That the valley partridge has dipped its feet in a cup of blood.

Alternative forms

• کوگ (kowg) (dialectal, Kazerun)

References

• Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), Этимологический словарь иранских языков [Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov, Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 169
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kabk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Algonquin kepékbor.

French Québecbor.

Persian کبک

Borrowed from French Québec.

Proper noun

کبک • (kebek)

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