گبه

See also: كبه, گته, کپه, and كبة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kēbe (“swollen”); cognate with Turkmen gebe. According to Nishanyan, this word could derive from the same root of قبا (kaba, “swollen, large”), while Clauson connects it with the verb گبرمك (gebermek, “to die (of beasts)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟe.be/

Adjective

گبه • (gebe)

1. pregnant, expectant, carrying developing offspring within the body

   Synonyms: آبستن (abisten), باردار (bardar), حامله (hamile), یوکلو (yüklü)

Derived terms

• گبه اولمق (gebe olmak, “to be pregnant”)
• گبه قالمق (gebe kalmak, “to get pregnant”)
• گبه‌لك (gebelik, “pregnancy”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: gebe

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1661
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “گبه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 383b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “گبه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1010
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Gravida”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 671
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “گبه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3866
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1523

Persian

Etymology

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Noun

گبه • (gabbe)

1. Gabbeh