زنبق
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /*čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka), from Malayo-Polynesian, reflected in Javanese cĕmpaka, Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
زَنْبَق • (zanbaq) m (collective, singulative زَنْبَقَة f (zanbaqa), plural زَنَابِق (zanābiq))
Declension edit
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَنْبَق zanbaq |
الزَّنْبَق az-zanbaq |
زَنْبَق zanbaq |
Nominative | زَنْبَقٌ zanbaqun |
الزَّنْبَقُ az-zanbaqu |
زَنْبَقُ zanbaqu |
Accusative | زَنْبَقًا zanbaqan |
الزَّنْبَقَ az-zanbaqa |
زَنْبَقَ zanbaqa |
Genitive | زَنْبَقٍ zanbaqin |
الزَّنْبَقِ az-zanbaqi |
زَنْبَقِ zanbaqi |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَنْبَقَة zanbaqa |
الزَّنْبَقَة az-zanbaqa |
زَنْبَقَة zanbaqat |
Nominative | زَنْبَقَةٌ zanbaqatun |
الزَّنْبَقَةُ az-zanbaqatu |
زَنْبَقَةُ zanbaqatu |
Accusative | زَنْبَقَةً zanbaqatan |
الزَّنْبَقَةَ az-zanbaqata |
زَنْبَقَةَ zanbaqata |
Genitive | زَنْبَقَةٍ zanbaqatin |
الزَّنْبَقَةِ az-zanbaqati |
زَنْبَقَةِ zanbaqati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | زَنْبَقَتَيْن zanbaqatayn |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْن az-zanbaqatayn |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
Nominative | زَنْبَقَتَانِ zanbaqatāni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَانِ az-zanbaqatāni |
زَنْبَقَتَا zanbaqatā |
Accusative | زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
Genitive | زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt |
الزَّنْبَقَات az-zanbaqāt |
زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt |
Nominative | زَنْبَقَاتٌ zanbaqātun |
الزَّنْبَقَاتُ az-zanbaqātu |
زَنْبَقَاتُ zanbaqātu |
Accusative | زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin |
الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti |
زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti |
Genitive | زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin |
الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti |
زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti |
Plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَنَابِق zanābiq |
الزَّنَابِق az-zanābiq |
زَنَابِق zanābiq |
Nominative | زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu |
الزَّنَابِقُ az-zanābiqu |
زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu |
Accusative | زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
الزَّنَابِقَ az-zanābiqa |
زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
Genitive | زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
الزَّنَابِقِ az-zanābiqi |
زَنَابِقِ zanābiqi |
Descendants edit
- → Persian: زنبق (see there for further descendants)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
زنبق • (zambak)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: zambak
- → Albanian: zambak
- → Aromanian: zãmbácã
- → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
- → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
- → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
- → Romanian: zambác
- → Serbo-Croatian:
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زنبق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 647b
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “زنبق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 482b
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic زَنْبَق (zanbaq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), related to Urdu چمپا / Hindi चंपा (campā), Punjabi چمپا (čampā, “jasmine in the broad sense”), which has been borrowed into Persian as چمپا (čampâ, “jasmine”). All via Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka) from Javanese cĕmpaka or another Malayo-Polynesian language, as reflected in Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zam.ˈbaq]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæm.bǽɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäm.bǽq]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zambaq |
Dari reading? | zambaq |
Iranian reading? | zambağ |
Tajik reading? | zambaq |
Noun edit
زنبق • (zanbaq) (plural زنبقها (zanbaq-hâ))
- the flower iris
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: zambaq, zanbaq
- → Georgian: ზამბახი (zambaxi)
- → Middle Armenian: զամբաղ (zambaġ), զամպաղ (zampaġ), զամպախ (zampax)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنبق (zambak), زانبق (zambak), زنباق (zambak)
See also edit
- سوسن (sôsan, sowsan)
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “ճանբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 187
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1371, page 96