خلبان

Persian

Etymology

From خله (xale, “(archaic) helm, oar”) +‎ ـبان (-bân). Purism that replaced پایلت (peylât) from English and طیاره‌چی (tayyâreči) from Arabic with a Turkish suffix.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæl.bɒ́ːn], [xæ.læ.bɒ́ːn]

Readings
Iranian reading?	xalbân, xalabân

Noun

خلبان • (xalabân or xalbân) (plural خلبانان (xalabânân))

1. pilot; aviator