خلبان

Persian

Etymology

خله (xale, “(archaic) helm, oar”) +‎ ـبان (-bân). Purism that replaced پایلت (peylât) from English and طیاره‌چی (tayyâreči) from Arabic with a Turkish suffix.

Pronunciation
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæl.bɒ́ːn], [xæ.læ.bɒ́ːn]

Readings
Iranian reading? xalbân, xalabân

Noun

خلبان • (xalabân or xalbân) (plural خلبانان (xalabânân))

  1. pilot; aviator
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