زنفيلجة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja), زَنْفَلِيجَة (zanfalīja)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زین‌پیله* (zîn-pêle) from زین (zin, “saddle”) + پیله (pêle, “bag, sack”) (later پاله (pâle) wherewith the form زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja)). Unrelated to Arabic زِنْبِيل (zinbīl, “frail, basket”).

Noun

زِنْفِيلَجَة • (zinfīlaja) f (obsolete)

1. haversack, satchel, pouch, case

Declension

Declension of noun زِنْفِيلَجَة (zinfīlaja)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlaja	الزِّنْفِيلَجَة az-zinfīlaja	زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlajat
Nominative	زِنْفِيلَجَةٌ zinfīlajatun	الزِّنْفِيلَجَةُ az-zinfīlajatu	زِنْفِيلَجَةُ zinfīlajatu
Accusative	زِنْفِيلَجَةً zinfīlajatan	الزِّنْفِيلَجَةَ az-zinfīlajata	زِنْفِيلَجَةَ zinfīlajata
Genitive	زِنْفِيلَجَةٍ zinfīlajatin	الزِّنْفِيلَجَةِ az-zinfīlajati	زِنْفِيلَجَةِ zinfīlajati

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنفيلجة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 259
• Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 68