صندوق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤun.duːq/, /sˤan.duːq/
  • (Kuwaiti) IPA^(key): /sˤənˈduːɡ/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːq/

• Audio:

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Noun

صُنْدُوق or صَنْدُوق • (ṣundūq or ṣandūq) m (plural صَنَادِيق (ṣanādīq))

1. chest, box, trunk, crate

   فتحت ميشيل صندوقها الأسود القابع في أعماقها

   fataḥat mīšīlu ṣundūqa-hā l-ʔaswada al-qābiʕa fī ʔaʕmāqi-hā

   Michelle opened her rarely visited black box in the bottom of her soul

2. safe, money box, till
3. treasurer's office, public fund

   يضغط صندوق النقد الدولي على باكستان لجباية الضرائب من أصحاب الأراضي الزراعية

   yaḍġaṭu ṣundūqu an-naqdi ad-dawliyyu ʕalā bākistāna li-jibāyati aḍ-ḍarāʔibi min ʔaṣḥābi al-ʔarāḍī az-zirāʕiyyati.

   The International Monetary Fund is putting pressure on Pakistan to collect taxes from the owners of agricultural land.

Declension

Declension of noun صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq)‎; صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq	الصُّنْدُوق‎; الصَّنْدُوق aṣ-ṣundūq‎; aṣ-ṣandūq	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq
Nominative	صُنْدُوقٌ‎; صَنْدُوقٌ ṣundūqun‎; ṣandūqun	الصُّنْدُوقُ‎; الصَّنْدُوقُ aṣ-ṣundūqu‎; aṣ-ṣandūqu	صُنْدُوقُ‎; صَنْدُوقُ ṣundūqu‎; ṣandūqu
Accusative	صُنْدُوقًا‎; صَنْدُوقًا ṣundūqan‎; ṣandūqan	الصُّنْدُوقَ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَ aṣ-ṣundūqa‎; aṣ-ṣandūqa	صُنْدُوقَ‎; صَنْدُوقَ ṣundūqa‎; ṣandūqa
Genitive	صُنْدُوقٍ‎; صَنْدُوقٍ ṣundūqin‎; ṣandūqin	الصُّنْدُوقِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقِ aṣ-ṣundūqi‎; aṣ-ṣandūqi	صُنْدُوقِ‎; صَنْدُوقِ ṣundūqi‎; ṣandūqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُنْدُوقَيْن‎; صَنْدُوقَيْن ṣundūqayn‎; ṣandūqayn	الصُّنْدُوقَيْن‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْن aṣ-ṣundūqayn‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayn	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Nominative	صُنْدُوقَانِ‎; صَنْدُوقَانِ ṣundūqāni‎; ṣandūqāni	الصُّنْدُوقَانِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَانِ aṣ-ṣundūqāni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqāni	صُنْدُوقَا‎; صَنْدُوقَا ṣundūqā‎; ṣandūqā
Accusative	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Genitive	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَادِيق ṣanādīq	الصَّنَادِيق aṣ-ṣanādīq	صَنَادِيق ṣanādīq
Nominative	صَنَادِيقُ ṣanādīqu	الصَّنَادِيقُ aṣ-ṣanādīqu	صَنَادِيقُ ṣanādīqu
Accusative	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقَ aṣ-ṣanādīqa	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa
Genitive	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقِ aṣ-ṣanādīqi	صَنَادِيقِ ṣanādīqi

Synonyms

• عُلْبَة (ʕulba)
• تَابُوت (tābūt)

Derived terms

• صَنَادِيقِيّ (ṣanādīqiyy)
• أَبُو صُنْدُوق (ʔabū ṣundūq)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: صندوق (sándūʔ, súndūʔ)
• Gulf Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūg)
• Juba Arabic: sonduk
• Maltese: senduq
• → Amharic: ሳንዱቅ (sanduḳ)
  • → Oromo: saanduqa
  • → Tigrinya: ሳንዱቕ (sanduḳʰ)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܨܢܕܘܩܐ (ṣandūqā), ܣܢܕܘܩܐ (sandūqā)
• → Classical Persian: صندوق (sandūq)
  • → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
  • → Bengali: সিন্দুক (śinduk)
  • → Azerbaijani: sandıq
  • → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सन्दूक़ (sandūq)

    Urdu: صندوق (sandūq)

  • → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
  • → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صندوق (sanduk)
    • Turkish: sandık
    • → Albanian: sënduk
    • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
    • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
    • → Romanian: sunduc
    • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
      • Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
      • Russenorsk: sondok
    • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
  • → Pashto: صندوق (sandúq)
  • → Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk)
  • → Uyghur: ساندۇق (sanduq)
  • → Uzbek: sandiq
• → Georgian: ზანდუკი (zanduḳi)
• → Kabyle: asenduq
• → Old Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk)
  • Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk), սնտուկ (sntuk)
• → Hausa: sàndūƙī̀
• → Mabaan: canduuk
• → Sango: sandûku
• → Somali: sanduuq
• → Swahili: sanduku
  • → Kikuyu: ithandũkũ
  • → Kituba: sandúku
  • → Lingala: sandúku

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սնդուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 236b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صندوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːɡ/

Noun

صَنْدُوق • (ṣandūg) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīg))

1. box, chest

Ottoman Turkish

صندوق

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian صندوق (sanduq, “box, trunk”), from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq, “chest, trunk”), itself from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer”), ultimetely from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē, “coffin; container”).

Noun

صندوق • (sandûk, sandık)

1. chest, trunk, case, coffer, any large box for storing personal possessions

   Synonym: قوطی (kutu, kutı)

2. cofferdam, a temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation

Derived terms

• صندوق آتمق (sandık atmak, “to construct a cofferdam”)
• صندوق امینی (sandık emini, “cashier”)
• صندوق سپت (sandık sepet, “bag and baggage”)
• صندوقجی (sandıkcı, “maker or seller of chests”)
• صندوقكار (sandıkkâr, “assistant to the cashier”)
• صندوقلو (sandıklı, “furnished with boxes or chests”)
• صندوقچه (sandukçe, “a small box”)
• قوش صندوغی (kuş sandığı, “a bird organ”)
• مال صندوق (mal sandık, “the office of a tax collector”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: sandık
• → Albanian: sënduk
• → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
• → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
• → Romanian: sunduc
• → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
  • Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
  • Russenorsk: sondok
• → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sandık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4058
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “صندوق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 303a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صندوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Capsa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 149
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صندوق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2992
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sandık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صندوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq)، from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [san.ˈduːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæn̪.d̪úːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úq]

Readings
Classical reading?	sandūq
Dari reading?	sandūq
Iranian reading?	sanduğ
Tajik reading?	sanduq

Noun

Dari	صندوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сандуқ

صندوق • (sanduq) (plural صندوق‌ها (sanduq-hâ) or صنادیق)

1. box, trunk, case, chest, casket
2. till, cash register

Derived terms

• صندوقچه (sanduqče)
• صندوقدار (sanduqdâr)

Descendants

• → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
• → Bengali: সিন্দুক (śinduk)
• → Azerbaijani: sandıq
• → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सन्दूक़ (sandūq)

  Urdu: صندوق (sandūq)

• → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
• → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صندوق (sanduk)
  • Turkish: sandık
  • → Albanian: sënduk
  • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
  • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
  • → Romanian: sunduc
  • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
    • Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
    • Russenorsk: sondok
  • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
• → Pashto: صندوق (sandúq)
• → Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk)
• → Uyghur: ساندۇق (sanduq)
• → Uzbek: sandiq

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• سندوق (sandūʔ)

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /sˤan.duːʔ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /sˤan.duːɡ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːɡ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

صندوق • (ṣandūʔ) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīʔ))

1. box, chest
2. boot, trunk (of a car)
3. cash register

   Synonym: صندوق مسجل (sandūʔ musajjel)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صندوق (sanduq), from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Noun

صندوق • (sandūq) m or f (Hindi spelling संदूक़)

1. box, trunk, coffer, chest, casket

Related terms

• صندوقچہ (sandūqca)
• صندوقچی (sandūqcī)