Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic долаб
Abjad دولاب

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [doˈɫɑb]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧lab

Etymology 1 edit

From Persian دولاب (dolâb).

Noun edit

dolab (definite accusative dolabı, plural dolablar)

  1. closet
    Synonym: şkaf
  2. trick, fraud, machination
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aldatma

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian دولاب (dulâb, dolâb).

Noun edit

dolab (definite accusative dolabı, plural dolablar)

  1. water wheel (a wheel with buckets used to raise water)
  2. Persian wheel

Declension edit

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic دولاب (dūlāb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Central Kurdish دۆڵاب (dollab)

dolab f (Arabic spelling دۆلاب)

  1. cupboard, closet, cabinet

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dolab”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 162