See also: دنت and ذنب

Arabic

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Adjective

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دِنَّب (dinnab) (feminine دِنَّبَة (dinnaba) or دِنَابَة (dināba))

  1. short, small, dwarf

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Moroccan Arabic

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Root
د ن ب
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

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Noun

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دنب (danbm (plural دنوب (dnūb))

  1. sin
    Synonyms: خطية (ḵaṭiyya), سيئة (sayyiʔa), معصية (maʕṣya, muʕṣya)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic ذَنَبَ (ḏanaba).

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Verb

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دنب (dnab) I (non-past يدنب (yidnab))

  1. to sin
    Synonym: خطى (ḵṭā)

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian dwm(b') (/⁠dum(b)⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (penis, tail, rod).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, penis), Kurdish, Northern Kurdish dûv (tail), Baluchi دمب (domb), Sarikoli [script needed] (δüm), Wakhi [script needed] (dümbá), Pashto لم (lëm, tail of sheep), Ossetian дымӕг (dymæg), Sogdian dwnp'k (δum/nb/pe), Sanskrit दुम्बक (dumbaka, the thick-tailed sheep).

Akin to Old Armenian դմակ (dmak, fat tail of sheep), Georgian დუმაკი (dumaḳi), დუმა (duma), Iranian borrowings. Perhaps also cognate with Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (top, summit) (whence English top), as well as German Zumpf (penis).

For the sense development compare Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

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Readings
Classical reading? dunb
Dari reading? dunb
Iranian reading? donb
Tajik reading? dunb

Noun

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دُنْب (donb)

  1. tail
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