кабар

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Cognate with Karachay-Balkar хапар (xapar), Azerbaijani xəbər, Bashkir хәбәр (xəbər), Kazakh хабар (xabar), Khakas хабар (xabar), Kumyk хабар (xabar), Nogai хабар (xabar), Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), Shor қабар, Tatar хәбәр (xäbär), Turkmen habar, Uyghur خەۋەر (xewer), Uzbek xabar, Chuvash хыпар (hyp̬ar), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaˈβar/
• Hyphenation: ка‧бар

Noun

кабар • (kabar) (Arabic spelling قابار)

1. news, tidings

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Cognate with Karachay-Balkar хапар (xapar), Azerbaijani xəbər, Bashkir хәбәр (xəbər), Kazakh хабар (xabar), Khakas хабар (xabar), Kyrgyz кабар (kabar), Kumyk хабар (xabar), Nogai хабар (xabar), Ottoman Turkish خبر (haber), Shor қабар, Tatar хәбәр (xäbär), Turkmen habar, Uyghur خەۋەر (xewer), Uzbek xabar, Chuvash хыпар (hyp̬ar), etc.

Noun

кабар • (kabar)

1. news

References

L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “кабар”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ, Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kap-. Cognate to Kyrgyz кабуу (kabuu, “to grasp, grab”), etc.

Verb

кабар • (kabar)

1. to grasp, grab

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кабар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN