کابل

See also: كابل

Pashto
FWOTD – 26 November 2015
د کابل ښار او غرونه

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit कुभा (kubhā, “Kabul River”) and Ancient Greek Κάβουρα (Káboura) (a settlement in Afghanistan crossed by Alexander the Great).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑˈbəl/

Proper noun

کابل • (kābә́l)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit कुभा (kubhā, “Kabul River”) and Avestan Kubha. Pronunciation changed to "Kabul" around the 11th century.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.bʊ́l]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.bʊ́l]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰɔː.búl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? kāḇul
Dari reading? kābul
Iranian reading? kâbol
Tajik reading? kobul

Proper noun
Dari کابل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Кобул

کابُل • (kâbol)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
  2. Kabul (a province of Afghanistan)
    ولایت کابل ― velâyat-e kâbol ― the province of Kabul, Kabul Province
  3. A river in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French câble

Noun
Dari کیبل
Iranian Persian کابل
Tajik кабел

کابل • (kâbl)

  1. (Iran) cable

References
  1. Kakar, M. Hassan (2021 May 3) The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

کابُل • (kābul) m (Hindi spelling काबुल)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
  2. Kabul (a province of Afghanistan)
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