کم‌بخت

Persian

Etymology

From کم (kam) +‎ بخت (baxt).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäm.bäxt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰäm.bäxt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰäm.bäxt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? kambaxt
Dari reading? kambaxt
Iranian reading? kambaxt
Tajik reading? kambaxt

Adjective

کم‌بخت • (kam-baxt)[2]

  1. unlucky, miserable

Descendants
  • → Armenian: քամբախտ (kʻambaxt), քյամբախտ (kʻyambaxt)
  • → Azerbaijani: kəmbəxt
  • → Baluchi: [script needed] (kambaxt)
  • → Gujarati: કમબખ્ત (kambakht)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: कमबख़्त (kambaxt)
    Urdu: کمبخت (kambaxt)
  • → Northern Kurdish: k’ambax (“in ruins, ruined, destroyed, razed to the ground; in bad condition; ruins”) (possibly)[3]
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਬਖ਼ਤ (kambxat)
    Shahmukhi script: کَمبَخت (kambaxt)
  • →? Armenian: քամբախ (kʻambax), քյամբախ (kʻyambax, “ruined”) (possibly)
  • →? Azerbaijani: kambax (“ruined”) (possibly)

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 196
  2. Nalbandyan, G. M. (1987) “کم‌بخت”, in Parskeren-hayeren baṙaran [Persian–Armenian Dictionary], Yerevan: Luys, page 474a
  3. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 543

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