کابل

See also: كابل

Pashto

FWOTD – 26 November 2015

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुभा (kubhā, Kabul River) and Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬡𐬀 (kuβa). Pronunciation changed to "Kabul" around the 11th century.[1]

Pronunciation

 

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

Proper noun

کابل • (kābul / kâbol) (Tajik spelling Кобул)

  1. Kabul (the capital and largest city of Afghanistan)
  2. Kabul (a province of Afghanistan)
    ولایت کابلwilāyat-i kābulthe province of Kabul, Kabul Province
  3. Kabul (a river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French câble

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? kâbl

Noun

Dari کیبل
Iranian Persian کابل
Tajik кабел

کابل • (kâbl)

  1. (Iran) cable

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَابُل (kābul).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

کابُل • (kābulm (Hindi spelling काबुल)

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