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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (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
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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kālbuḏ
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| Dari reading?
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kālbud
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| Iranian reading?
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kâlbod
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| Tajik reading?
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kolbud
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Noun
| Dari
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کالبد
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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колбуд
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کالبد • (kâlbod) (plural کالبدها (kâlbod-hâ))
- form, frame, structure
- Synonym: قالب (qâleb)
- body
- Synonyms: جسم (jesm), بدن (badan)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 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