کبر

See also: كثر, گبر, ك ب ر, ك ث ر, and كبر

Persian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis) and Old Armenian կապար (kapar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.βaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.bäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.bäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.bäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.bäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.bæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kaḇar
Dari reading?	kabar
Iranian reading?	kabar
Tajik reading?	kabar

Noun

کبر • (kabar)

1. caper

Derived terms

• کبربا (kabar-bâ, “caper soup”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kəvər
• → Middle Armenian: քապար (kʻapar), քապարայ (kʻaparay)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کبر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کبر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 790b