کبیر

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kaḇīr
Dari reading? kabīr
Iranian reading? kabir
Tajik reading? kabir

Adjective

کبیر • (kabir)

  1. great (title referring to an important leader)
    Synonym: بزرگ (bozorg)
    اسکندر کبیر ― eskandar-e kabir ― Alexander the Great
    پطر کبیر ― petr-e kabir ― Peter the Great
  2. (obsolete) great, grand
    Synonym: بزرگ (bozorg)
    Antonym: صغیر (sağir)
  3. (obsolete) grown-up
    Synonym: بالغ (bâleğ)
    Antonym: صغیر (sağir)

Noun

کبیر • (kabir) (plural کبار (kebâr))

  1. grandee, chief, leading person

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کبیر (kabīr), from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

کَبِیْر • (kabīr) (Hindi spelling कबी्र)

  1. great, large
  2. senior

Proper noun

کَبِیْر • (kabīr) m (Hindi spelling कबी्र)

  1. (Islam) One of the 99 names of Allah
  2. Kabir, an Indian poet and religious leader

References

  • “کبیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کبیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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