کبریت

See also: كبریت and كبريت

Persian

کبریت

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt, “sulfur, match”), from Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā) / ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ (kĕḇrīṯā, “sulfur”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒀀𒀭𒀀𒇉 (kibrītu, “sulfur; firebrand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kʰiβ.ɾiːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪb.ɾiːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪb.ɾiːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪb.ɾiːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰib.ɾit̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeb.ɹiːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰib.ɾit̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kiḇrīt
Dari reading?	kibrīt
Iranian reading?	kebrit
Tajik reading?	kibrit

Noun

کبریت • (kebrit) (plural کبریت‌ها (kebrit-hâ))

1. match, matchstick
2. sulfur, brimstone

   Synonym: گوگرد (gugerd)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian کبریت (kibrīt), from Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪb.ɾiːt̪/

Noun

کِبْرِیت • (kibrīt) m (Hindi spelling किब्रीत)

1. sulfur
2. matchstick, match
3. chemical

Declension

Declension of کبریت
	singular	plural
direct	کِبْرِیت (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیت (kibrīt)
oblique	کِبْرِیت (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیتوں (kibrītõ)
vocative	کِبْرِیت (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیتو (kibrīto)

Synonyms

• گندھک (gandhak)

References

• “کبریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کبریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کبریت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “کبریت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC