کبک

See also: کپک and کپگ

Persian

Perdix perdix

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kpk' (kabk, “partridge”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kakab- (“partridge”). Cognates include Latin cacabō (“to cluck”), Ancient Greek κακκάζειν (kakkázein, “to cluck”), Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́βη (kakkábē, “partridge”), Polish kokot (“rooster”).

Noun

کبک • (kabk) (plural کبک‌ها (kabk-hâ))

1. partridge (bird)
   • 11th century, Manuchehri

     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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French.

Proper noun

کبک • (kebek)

1. Quebec

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Max Vasmer ((Can we date this quote?)) Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary‎^[1]