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کالبد

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾlpwt' /⁠kālbod⁠/, body, shape, form), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, shoemaker’s last). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫐𐫀𐫓𐫁𐫏𐫅 (kʾlbyd /⁠kālbid⁠/) and Old Armenian կաղապար (kałapar), գաղափար (gałapʻar), Iranian loanwords. Doublet of قالب (qâleb), the same Greek word via Arabic.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kālbuḏ
Dari reading? kālbud
Iranian reading? kâlbod
Tajik reading? kolbud

Noun

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Dari کالبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik колбуд

کالبد (kâlbod) (plural کالبدها (kâlbod-hâ))

  1. form, frame, structure
    Synonym: قالب (qâleb)
  2. body
    Synonyms: جسم (jesm), بدن (badan)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: kelebut

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kālbod”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կաղապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 494b