کبریت

See also: كبریت‎ and كبريت‎

Persian

کبریت

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kʰibɾiːt/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /kʰɪbɾiːt/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /kʰebɾiːt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /kʰibɾit/

Noun

کبریت • (kebrit) (plural کبریت‌ها‎ (kebrit-hâ))

match, matchstick
sulfur, brimstone
Synonym: گوگرد‎ (gugerd)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (kebrit).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪb.ɾiːt̪/

Noun

کِبْرِیت • (kibrīt) m (Hindi spelling किब्रीत)

sulfur
matchstick, match
chemical

Declension

Declension of کبریت
	singular	plural
direct	کِبْرِیت‎ (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیت‎ (kibrīt)
oblique	کِبْرِیت‎ (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیتوں‎ (kibrītō̃)
vocative	کِبْرِیت‎ (kibrīt)	کِبْرِیتو‎ (kibrītō)

Synonyms

گندھک‎ (gandhak)

References

“کبریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کبریت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092