کبریت

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Persian

کبریت

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

کِبْرِیت (kibrītm (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

References

  • کبریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کبریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC