कबीर

See also: क़ब्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَبِیر (kabīr), from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr). First attested as Old Hindi कबीर (kabīra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

कबीर • (kabīrm (Urdu spelling کبیر)

  1. Kabir (Indian poet and religious leader)
  2. a male given name, Kabir, from Arabic

Declension

Declension of कबीर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कबीर
kabīr
कबीर
kabīr
oblique कबीर
kabīr
कबीरों
kabīrõ
vocative कबीर
kabīr
कबीरो
kabīro

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَبِیر (kabīr), from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Proper noun

कबीर (kabīra) [1]

  1. Kabir (Indian poet and religious leader)
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī:
      जाति जुलाहौ मति कौ धीर ।
      हरषि हरषि गुण रंमै कबीर
      jāti julāhau mati kau dhīra.
      haraṣi haraṣi guṇa raṃmai kabīra.
      A weaver by caste and with a firm mind, Kabir, rejoicing, is engrossed in praise [of the Lord].

References

  1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 525