سنبه
Persian
editEtymology
editThe stem of سفتن (softan) / سفتیدن (softidan) / سنبیدن (sonbidan, “to bore, to penetrate”), which is also an alternative form of سم (som, “hoof”), + ـه (-e).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sun.ba]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [som.be]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sum.bä]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | sunba |
Dari reading? | sunba |
Iranian reading? | sonbe |
Tajik reading? | sunba |
Noun
editسنبه • (sonbe)
- punch, wimble, auger
- rammer of a cannon, ramrod of a muzzleloader, sponge-staff
Descendants
edit- → Azerbaijani: sümbə (Şərur)
- → Georgian: ზუმბა (zumba)
- → Hindustani:
- → Maithili: सुंभा (sumbhā)
- → Marathi: सुंबा (sumbā), सुंभा (sumbhā)
References
edit- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سنبه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 327a