کم‌بخت

Persian

Etymology

From کم‎ (kam) +‎ بخت‎ (baxt).[1]

Adjective

کم‌بخت • (kambaxt)[2]

  1. unlucky, miserable

Descendants
  • → Armenian: քամբախտ (kʿambaxt), քյամբախտ (kʿyambaxt)
  • → Azerbaijani: kəmbəxt
  • → Baluchi: [script needed] (kambaxt)
  • → Hindi: कमबख़्त (kambaxt)
  • → Urdu: کمبخت‎ (kambaxt)
  • → Northern Kurdish: k’ambax (“in ruins, ruined, destroyed, razed to the ground; in bad condition; ruins”) (possibly)[3]
  • → Armenian: քամբախ (kʿambax), քյամբախ (kʿyambax, “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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