قلبور

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

From Persian غربال (ğarbâl), غربیل (ğarbil), from Arabic غِرْبَال (ḡirbāl, sieve, riddle).

Pronunciation

Noun

قلبور (kalbur)

  1. sieve, screen, cribble, riddle any device used to separate larger particles from smaller ones
    Synonyms: الك (elek), غربال (girbal)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kalbur
  • Armenian: խալպուր (xalpur)
  • Persian: قلبور (qalbur) (rare Ottoman or Azeri reborrowing)
  • Russian: халбу́р (xalbúr) (19th-century argot)

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