कबूतर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کبوتر (kabūtar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpwtl /⁠kabōtar⁠/, “pigeon”). Compare Punjabi ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar), Gujarati કબૂતર (kabūtar), Marathi कबूतर (kabūtar), Bengali কবুতর (kobutor). Doublet of कपोत (kapot).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.buː.t̪əɾ/, [kɐ.buː.t̪ɐɾ]

Noun

कबूतर • (kabūtar) m (Urdu spelling کبوتر)

1. pigeon, dove

   Synonym: कपोत (kapot)

2. the human being smuggled in human smuggling

Declension

Declension of कबूतर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कबूतर kabūtar	कबूतर kabūtar
oblique	कबूतर kabūtar	कबूतरों kabūtarõ
vocative	कबूतर kabūtar	कबूतरो kabūtaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कबूतर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Alternative forms

• कबुतर (kabutar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کبوتر (kabūtar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpwtl /⁠kabōtar⁠/, “pigeon”). Compare Gujarati કબૂતર (kabūtar), Hindi कबूतर (kabūtar), Punjabi ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar), Bengali কবুতর (kobutor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.bu.t̪əɾ/

Noun

कबूतर • (kabūtar) n

1. pigeon
2. dove

Declension

Declension of कबूतर (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	कबुतर kabutar
direct plural	कबुतरे, कबुतरं kabutare, kabutra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कबुतर kabutar		कबुतरे, कबुतरं kabutare, kabutra
oblique सामान्यरूप	कबुतरा kabutarā		कबुतरां- kabutarān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कबुतराला kabutarālā		कबुतरांना kabutarānnā
ergative	कबुतराने, कबुतरानं kabutarāne, kabutarāna		कबुतरांनी kabutarānnī
instrumental	कबुतराशी kabutarāśī		कबुतरांशी kabutarānśī
locative सप्तमी	कबुतरात kabutarāt		कबुतरांत kabutarāt
vocative संबोधन	कबुतरा kabutarā		कबुतरांनो kabutarānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कबूतर (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कबुतराचा kabutarāċā	कबुतराचे kabutarāċe	कबुतराची kabutarācī	कबुतराच्या kabutarācā	कबुतराचे, कबुतराचं kabutarāċe, kabutarāċa	कबुतराची kabutarācī	कबुतराच्या kabutarācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कबुतरांचा kabutarānċā	कबुतरांचे kabutarānċe	कबुतरांची kabutarāñcī	कबुतरांच्या kabutarāncā	कबुतरांचे, कबुतरांचं kabutarānċe, kabutarānċa	कबुतरांची kabutarāñcī	कबुतरांच्या kabutarāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “कबूतर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कबूतर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press