dolab

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic долаб
Abjad دولاب

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  • Hyphenation: do‧lab

Etymology 1

From Persian دولاب (dolâb).

Noun

dolab (definite accusative dolabı, plural dolablar)

  1. closet
    Synonym: şkaf
  2. trick, fraud, machination
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aldatma

Etymology 2

From Persian دولاب (dulâb, dolâb).

Noun

dolab (definite accusative dolabı, plural dolablar)

  1. water wheel (a wheel with buckets used to raise water)
  2. Persian wheel

Declension

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Arabic دولاب (dūlāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

Central Kurdish دۆڵاب (dollab)

dolab f (Arabic spelling دۆلاب)

  1. cupboard, closet, cabinet

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dolab”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 162