كبه

See also: کپه, گته, and گبه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kēbe (“swollen”); cognate with Turkmen gebe. According to Nishanyan, this word could derive from the same root of قبا (kaba, “swollen, large”), while Clauson connects it with the verb گبرمك (gebermek, “to die (of beasts)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟe.be/

Adjective

گبه • (gebe)

1. pregnant, expectant, carrying developing offspring within the body

   Synonyms: آبستن (abisten), باردار (bardar), حامله (hamile), یوکلو (yüklü)

Derived terms

• گبه اولمق (gebe olmak, “to be pregnant”)
• گبه قالمق (gebe kalmak, “to get pregnant”)
• گبه‌لك (gebelik, “pregnancy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: gebe

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1661
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كبه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 383b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كبه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1010
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Gravida”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 671
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كبه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3866
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1523

Etymology 2

From Persian قبا (qabâ, “garment”), from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ).

Noun

كبه • (kebe)

1. blanket

Descendants

• Turkish: kebe
• → Bulgarian: ке́бе (kébe)
• → Macedonian: ќебе (ḱebe)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ће̏бе / ćȅbe