سنبه

Persian

Etymology

The stem of سفتن (softan) / سفتیدن (softidan) / سنبیدن (sonbidan, “to bore, to penetrate”), which is also an alternative form of سم (som, “hoof”), +‎ ـه.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sun.ba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊm.bä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊm.bä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊm.bä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sum.bä]

• (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

سنبه • (sonbe)

1. punch, wimble, auger
2. rammer of a cannon, ramrod of a muzzleloader, sponge-staff

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sümbə (Şərur)
• → Georgian: ზუმბა (zumba)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सुम्बा (sumbā), सुंबा (sumbā)

  Urdu: سمبا (sumba)

• → Maithili: सुंभा (sumbhā)
• → Marathi: सुंबा (sumbā), सुंभा (sumbhā)

References

• 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