دلبر

Persian

Etymology

دل (del, “heart”) +‎ ـبر (bar, “one who has taken, one who bears”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dil.baɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪl.bäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪el.bæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪il.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dilbar
Dari reading?	dilbar
Iranian reading?	delbar
Tajik reading?	dilbar

• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari	دلبر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дилбар

دلبر • (delbar) (plural دلبران (delbarân))

1. beloved, sweetheart, love (person who is the object of romantic feelings)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dilbər
  • → Georgian: დილბარ (dilbar) (Ingiloy)
• → Chagatai: دلبر
  • Uyghur: دىلبەر (dilber)
  • Uzbek: dilbar
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: दिलबर (dilbar)
  • Urdu: دِلبَر
• → Ottoman Turkish: دلبر
  • Turkish: dilber
• → Punjabi: دِلبَر (dilbar)
• → Turkmen: dilber

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دلبر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim