Kabul

See also: kabul and Kábul

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Persian کابل (kābul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːbəl/, enPR: käʹbəl
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːˌbʊl/, enPR: käʹbo͝ol[1]
  • IPA(key): /kəˈbuːl/, enPR: kə-bo͞olʹ[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːbəl, -uːl

Proper noun

Kabul

  1. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
  2. A province of Afghanistan.
  3. A river rising in the Hindu Kush of northeastern Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan and flowing roughly 700 kilometers before merging into the Indus river at Attock, Pakistan.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kabul”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kabul m

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

Derived terms

Estonian

Proper noun

Kabul

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːbʊl/, /ˈkaːˌbuːl/, /kaˈbuːl/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kabul n (proper noun, genitive Kabuls or (optionally with an article) Kabul)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کابل (kābul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.bul/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abul
  • Syllabification: Ka‧bul

Proper noun

Kabul m inan

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • kabulski
nouns
  • kabulczyk
  • kabulka

Further reading

  • Kabul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Kabul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Kabul m inan (Cyrillic spelling Кабул)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian کابل (kābul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈbul/ [kaˈβ̞ul]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: Ka‧bul

Proper noun

Kabul m

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
    Holonym: Afganistán

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Kabul n (genitive Kabuls)

  1. Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)