کباب
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کباب بختیاری (kabâb-e baxtiyâri, “Bakhtiyari kebab”, type of Iranian kebab)
Persian
| Dari | کباب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кабоб |
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kaḇāḇ |
| Dari reading? | kabāb |
| Iranian reading? | kabâb |
| Tajik reading? | kabob |
Noun
کباب • (kabâb) (plural کبابها (kabâb-hâ))
- kebab (roast meat dish)
- (figurative) heart burning with emotion; heart being "roasted" with yearning or grief
- جگرم کباب شد.
- jegar-am kabâb šod.
- I felt terribly sad.
- (literally, “My liver became kebab.”)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 13”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
- لب و دندانْت را حقوق نمک
هست بر جان و سینههایِ کباب- lab u dandân-t râ huqûq-i namak
hast bar jân u sîna-hâ-yi kabâb - Your lips and teeth owe rights of salt
To the soul and chests of sizzling hearts.
- lab u dandân-t râ huqûq-i namak
Derived terms
(dishes):
- جوجه کباب (juje kabâb, “jujeh kabab”)
- شیشکباب (šiš-kabâb, “shish kebab”)
- طاس کباب (tâs kabâb, “tas kabab”)
- چلو کباب (čelow kabâb, “chelow kabab”)
- کباب بختیاری (kabâb-e baxtiyâri, “Bakhtiari kebab”)
- کباب برگ (kabâb-e barg, “kabab barg”)
- کباب ترش (kabâb torš, “kabab torsh”)
- کباب ترکی (kabâb-e torki, “doner kebab”)
- کباب کوبیده (kabâb kubide, “kabab koobideh”)
(other):
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کباب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کباب (kabāb), from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).