कबूतर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کبوتر (kabutar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpwtl /⁠kabōtar⁠/, “pigeon”). Compare Punjabi ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar), Gujarati કબૂતર (kabūtar), Marathi कबुतर (kabutar), Bengali কবুতর (kobutor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.buː.t̪əɾ/, [kɐ.buː.t̪ɐɾ]

Noun

कबूतर • (kabūtar) m (Urdu spelling کبوتر)

1. pigeon, dove

   Synonym: कपोत (kapot)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कबूतर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press