کبک

See also: کپک and کپگ

Persian

Perdix perdix

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpk' /⁠kabk⁠/, “partridge”). Compare Ancient Greek κᾰκκᾰ́βη (kakkábē).

Noun

کبک • (kabk) (plural کبک‌ها (kabk-hâ))

1. partridge (bird)
   • 11th century, Manuchehri

     گویی بط سفید جامه به صابون زده است
     کبک دری ساق پای در قدح خون زده است

     gōyē batt-i safēd jāma ba sābūn zada-ast
     kabk-i darī sāq-i pāy dar qadah-i xūn zada-ast

References

• Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 169
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kabk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Québec.

Proper noun

کبک • (kebek)

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)