caballus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) pack-horse, jade, hack
2. (declension-2, masculine) nag

Concepts

horse

🐴

nag

jade

steed

moke

dobbin

mount

Synonyms

equus

🐴

mannus

veredus

burricus

Translations

Pferd

🐴

caballo

🐴

cavalo

🐴

cheval

🐴

paard

🐴

cavallo

🐴

at

🐴

άλογο

cavall

🐴

beygir

🐴

caval

حصان

🐴

hesp

🐴

فرس

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kaˈbal.lʊs]

Etymology

Uncertain; often cited as borrowed from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid kevel (at) (“well-bred fast (horse)”).
Alternatively, borrowed alongside Greek from Proto-Iranian *kabah, *kabalah, compare Khotanese [script needed] (kabä, “horse”), Persian کول (kaval), and possibly cognate with Latin cabō (“gelding”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kebʰ- (“worn-out horse, nag”).