تنبولی

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀅 (taṃbolia), from Sanskrit ताम्बूलिक (tāmbūlika). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘝𑘰𑘽𑘤𑘻𑘯𑘲 (tāṃboḷī).

Noun

تَن٘بولِی (taṉbolī) m (Gurmukhi ਤੰਬੋਲੀ)

1. seller of betel
   • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 417:

     کَہا سُ پان تَنْبولِی ہَرَما ہوئییَا چھائی مائی

     kahā su pāna tanbolī haramā ho'īyā chā'ī mā'ī

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       Where are those betel leaves, their sellers, and the haremees? They have vanished like shadows. ||2||

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੰਬੋਲੀ (tambolī)

  Shahmukhi script: تَن٘بولی (taṉbolī)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਤੰਬੋਲੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 300.
• “ਤੰਬੋਲੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāmbūlika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 329

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀅 (taṃbolia), from Sanskrit ताम्बूलिक (tāmbūlika).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əm.boː.liː/
• Hyphenation: تَن٘‧بو‧لِی
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

تَن٘بولِی • (tambolī) m (Hindi spelling तँबोली)

1. betelseller

   Synonym: پَنْوَاڑِی (panvāṛī)

Declension

Declension of تنبولی
	singular	plural
direct	تَن٘بولِی (tambolī)	تَن٘بولِی (tambolī)
oblique	تَن٘بولِی (tambolī)	تَن٘بولِیوں (tamboliyō̃)
vocative	تَن٘بولِی (tambolī)	تَن٘بولِیو (tamboliyō)

Further reading

• “تنبولی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تنبولی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تنبولی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 202
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāmbūlika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 329