کالبد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾlpwt' /⁠kālbod⁠/, “body, shape, form”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “shoemaker’s last”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫐𐫀𐫓𐫁𐫏𐫅 (kʾlbyd /⁠kālbid⁠/) and Old Armenian կաղապար (kałapar), գաղափար (gałapʻar), Iranian loanwords. Doublet of قالب (qâleb), the same Greek word via Arabic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːl.ˈbuð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːl.bʊ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːl.bʊ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːl.bʊ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːl.búd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːl.bód̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔl.búd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kālbuḏ
Dari reading?	kālbud
Iranian reading?	kâlbod
Tajik reading?	kolbud

Noun

Dari	کالبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	колбуд

کالبد • (kâlbod) (plural کالبدها (kâlbod-hâ))

1. body (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human)

   Synonyms: جسم (jesm), بدن (badan)

Derived terms

• کالبدشناس (kâlbod-šenâs)
• کالبدشناسی (kâlbod-šenâsi)
• کالبدشکافی (kâlbod-šekâfi)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kelebut

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kālbod”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կաղապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 494b