گنبد

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmbt' /⁠gumbad⁠/, “dome, fire-temple”), from Classical Syriac ܩܘܒܬܐ (qubbəṯā). Doublet of قبه (qobbe, “dome”), also from Syriac but through Arabic. Compare Old Armenian գմբեթ (gmbetʻ) and Georgian გუმბათი (gumbati), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡum.ˈbað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm.bǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm.bǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊm.bǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡum.bǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥om.bǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡum.bǽd̪], [ɡum.bǽz]

Readings
Classical reading?	gumbaḏ
Dari reading?	gumbad
Iranian reading?	gombad
Tajik reading?	gumbad, gumbaz

گنبد

Noun

Dari	گنبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гунбад, гунбаз

گنبد • (gombad) (plural گنبدها (gombad-hâ))

1. dome, cupola, vault

   Synonyms: قبه (qobbe), (archaic) کوپله (kupale)

   معلوم نیست ک اولین گنبد چه زمانی ساخته شد.

   ma'lum nist ke avvalin gombad če zamâni sâxte šod.

   It is not known when the first dome was built.

   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     و میان ری و آمل کوه دماوند است مانند گنبدی و آن را لواسان گویند، و گویند بر سر آن چاهیست که نوشادر از آن حاصل می‌شود و گویند که کبریت نیز، و مردم پوست گاو ببرند و پر نوشادر کنند و از سر کوه بغلتانند که به راه نتوان فرود آوردن.

     wa miyān-i ray u āmul kōh-i damāwand ast mānand-i gumbadē u ān rā lawāsān gūyand, u gūyand bar sar-i ān čāhē-st ki nōšādur az ān hāsil mē-šawad u gūyand ki kibrīt nēz, u mardum pōst-i gāw bibarand u purr-i nōšādur kunand u az sar-i kōh biğaltānand ki ba rāh na-tawān furōd āwardan.

     And between the road from Ray to Āmul, there is Mount Damāvand like a dome; it is called Lavāsān. It is said that from its summit, there is a well which produces sal ammoniac, and they say also sulfur. People bring cowskin, fill it with sal ammoniac, and roll it down from the summit of the mountain, since it is impossible to bring it down by road.

2. (metonymically) domed mausoleum or monument

Alternative forms

• گنبذ (gombaz) (archaic)
• گمبد (gombad)

Derived terms

• گنبد زدن (gombad zadan)
• گنبد کردن (gombad kardan)
• گنبددار (gombad-dâr)
• گنبدمانند (gombad-mânand)
• گنبده (gombade)
• گنبدی (gombadi)
• گنبدی‌شکل (gombadi-šekl)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: جُنْبَد (jumbad), جُنْبَذ (jumbaḏ), جُنْبُذ m (jumbuḏ)
• → Assamese: গম্বুজ (gombuz), গুম্বজ (gumboz)
• → Azerbaijani: günbəz / گنبذ
• → Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbəź)
• → Bengali: গম্বুজ (gombuj), গুম্বজ (gumboj)
• → Gojri: گُمَٹ (gumaṭ)
• → Gujarati: ગુંબજ (gumbaj), ઘુંમટ (ghummaṭ), ઘૂમટ (ghūmaṭ)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: गुंबज़ (gumbaz)
  • Urdu: گُنْبَد (gumbad), گُنْبَذ (gumbaz)
• → Kannada: ಗುಮ್ಮಟ (gummaṭa)
• → Kazakh: күмбез (kümbez)
• → Konkani: ghumaṭ

  Devanagari script: घुमट

  Kannada script: ಘುಮಟ್

  Latin script: ghumott

• → Kyrgyz: күмбөз (kümböz)
• → Malvi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
• → Mandarin: 拱北 (Gǒngběi)
• → Marathi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: गुंबज (gumbaj), घुमट (ghumaṭ)

  Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅒𑅧𑅪𑅛 (gunbj), 𑅘𑅒𑅬𑅞 (ghumṭ)

• → Nepali: गुमज (gumaj)
• → Nogai: куьмбез (kümbez)
• → Odia: ଗୁମୁଟ (gumuṭô)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كمبد (kümbed)
  • Turkish: kümbet
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੰਬਦ (gumbad)

  Shahmukhi script: گُنبَد (gunbad)

• → Saraiki: گُمُّذ (gummuẕ), گُمّبذ (gummbẕ)
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: گُنبَذُ

  Devanagari script: गुंबजु

  Khudawadi script: 𑊼𑋣𑋟𑋔𑋂𑋩𑋣 (gumbazu)

• → Tamil: கும்மட்டம் (kummaṭṭam)
• → Telugu: గుమ్మటము (gummaṭamu)
• → Turkmen: gümmez
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: گۇمبەز (gumbez)
  • Uzbek: gumbaz

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گنبد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گنبد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gumbad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Alternative forms

• گنبذ

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گنبد (gunbad), from Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmbt' /⁠gumbad⁠/, “dome, fire-temple”), from Classical Syriac ܩܘܒܬܐ (qubbəṯā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊm.bəd̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪
• Hyphenation: گُن‧بَد

Noun

گنبد • (gumbad) m (Hindi spelling गुंबद)

1. dome, cupola

Declension

Declension of گنبد
	singular	plural
direct	گنبد (gumbad)	گنبد (gumbad)
oblique	گنبد (gumbad)	گنبدوں (gumbadō̃)
vocative	گنبد (gumbad)	گنبدو (gumbadō)