कबूतर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (kabutar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpwtl /kabōtar/, “pigeon”). Compare Punjabi ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar), Gujarati કબૂતર (kabūtar), Marathi कबुतर (kabutar), Bengali কবুতর (kôbutôr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kə.buː.t̪əɾ/

Noun

कबूतर • (kabūtar) m (Urdu spelling کبوتر‎)

pigeon, dove
Synonym: कपोत (kapot)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कबूतर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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