کلبه

کلبه

See also: کلبہ‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• کربه‎ (korbe)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kurbag). Akin to Old Armenian կրպակ (krpak), Arabic كُرْبَق‎ (kurbaq), قُرْبَق‎ (qurbaq), كُرْبَج‎ (kurbaj), Iranian borrowings. Cognate with Old English hwealf (“arched or vaulted covering”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kulba/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /kʊlba/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /kolbe/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /kulba/

Noun

Dari	کلبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кулба (kulba)

کلبه • (kolbe)

1. hut, cottage
2. (archaic) store, shop

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish
  • Turkish: kulübe
• Hindustani:

  Urdu: کلبہ‎ (kulba)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کلبه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press