کالبد

Etymology

From Middle Persian kʾlpwt' (kālbod, “body, shape, form”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “shoemaker’s last”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian kʾlbyd (kālbid) and Old Armenian կաղապար (kałapar), գաղափար (gałapʿar), Iranian loanwords.

Noun

کالبد • (kâlbod) (plural کالبدها‎ (kâlbod-hâ))

1. body (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kālbod”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կաղապար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 494b