кабар

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Cognate with Karachay-Balkar хапар (xapar), Azerbaijani xəbər, Bashkir хәбәр (xəbər), Kazakh хабар (xabar), Khakas хабар (xabar), Kumyk хабар (xabar), Nogai хабар (xabar), Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), Shor қабар, Tatar хәбәр (xäbär), Turkmen habar, Uyghur خەۋەر (xewer), Uzbek xabar, Chuvash хыпар (hyp̬ar), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaˈβar/
• Hyphenation: ка‧бар

Noun

кабар • (kabar) (Arabic spelling قابار)

1. news, tidings

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَبَر (xabar), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

Noun

кабар • (kabar)

1. news

References

• L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “кабар”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kap-.

Verb

кабар • (kabar)

1. to grasp, grab

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кабар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN