کلبه

See also: کلبہ

Persian

Alternative forms

• کربه (korbe)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kurbag). Akin to Old Armenian կրպակ (krpak), Arabic كُرْبَق (kurbaq), قُرْبَق (qurbaq), كُرْبَج (kurbaj), Iranian borrowings. Cognate with Old English hwealf (“arched or vaulted covering”).

Noun

کلبه • (kolbe)

1. hut, cottage
2. (archaic) store, shop

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish
  • Turkish: kulübe
• Hindustani:

  Urdu: کلبہ (kulba)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کلبه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press