كبار
See also: كثار
Arabic
Etymology 1
Adjective
كِبَار • (kibār) pl
- inflection of كَبِير (kabīr):
- masculine plural
- feminine plural
Etymology 2
Noun
كِبَار • (kibār) m
- verbal noun of كَبُرَ (kabura) (form I)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كِبَار kibār |
الْكِبَار al-kibār |
كِبَار kibār |
| nominative | كِبَارٌ kibārun |
الْكِبَارُ al-kibāru |
كِبَارُ kibāru |
| accusative | كِبَارًا kibāran |
الْكِبَارَ al-kibāra |
كِبَارَ kibāra |
| genitive | كِبَارٍ kibārin |
الْكِبَارِ al-kibāri |
كِبَارِ kibāri |
Etymology 3
Noun
كَبَّار • (kabbār) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَبَّار kabbār |
الْكَبَّار al-kabbār |
كَبَّار kabbār |
| nominative | كَبَّارٌ kabbārun |
الْكَبَّارُ al-kabbāru |
كَبَّارُ kabbāru |
| accusative | كَبَّارًا kabbāran |
الْكَبَّارَ al-kabbāra |
كَبَّارَ kabbāra |
| genitive | كَبَّارٍ kabbārin |
الْكَبَّارِ al-kabbāri |
كَبَّارِ kabbāri |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كِبَار (kibār), plural of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large; great”). The adjective derives from the noun and arose during the Ottoman period.
Noun
كبار • (kibar)
- plural of كبیر (kebir, “great, large; grand”): noble people
Adjective
كبار • (kibar)
Descendants
- كبارانه (kibarâne, “politely, gently”)
- كبارجه (kibarca, “politely, gently”)
- كبارلاشمق (kibarlaşmak, “to gentle, become polite”)
- كبارلق (kibarlık, “politeness”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kibar
- → Armenian: քիպար (kʻipar), քյիբար (kʻyibar)
Further reading
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- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kibar”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “كبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 608
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kibar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2665
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كبار”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 383a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1008
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Magnus”, 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 986
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كبار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3861
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kibar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1521