Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian چنبر (čanbar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شَنْبَر (šanbarm (plural شَنَابِر (šanābir))

  1. frame, ring, rim, hoop (in various technical applications)
  2. a kind of headscarf of a woman bound around, kerchief

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Algerian Arabic: شنبير (šenbīr)

References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شنبر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 789
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شنبر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 676