کبود

Persian

رنگِ کبود

Etymology

From Middle Persian kpwt' (kabōd, “blue-gray; pigeon”), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎣 (k-p-u-t-k /⁠kapautaka⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *kapawtakáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapawtakás, from *kapáwtas (“grey-blue”). Cognate with Sanskrit कपोतक (kapotaka, “pigeon-coloured”), Old Armenian կապուտակ (kaputak) (an Iranian borrowing).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈβoːð], [ka.ˈβuːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.búːd̪]

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	kaḇōḏ, kaḇūḏ
Dari reading?	kabūd
Iranian reading?	kabud
Tajik reading?	kabud

Adjective

Dari	کبود
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кабуд

کبود • (kabud)

1. blue-gray
2. blue; azure
3. indigo; dark purple

Derived terms

• کبود شدن (kabud šodan)
• کبوده (kabude)
• کبودپشت (kabud-pošt)
• کبودچشم (kabud-češm)
• کبودی (kabudi)
• یاقوت کبود (yâqut-e kabud)

 

Related terms

• کبوتر (kabutar)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabōd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کبود”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کبود”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “کبود”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “کبود”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr