طنب

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe extended from طُنّ (ṭunn, “bundle of reeds”), see there for other comparisons, maybe related with طُنُف (ṭunuf), طُنْف (ṭunf), طَنَف (ṭanaf), طَنْف (ṭanf, “overhang of a mountain or a building, cornice, eaves etc.”), which must be judged by the meanings of Ge'ez ጥንፍ (ṭənf, “prominence; cornice; cross-beam, joint between pillars etc.”).

Noun

طَنَب • (ṭanab) m

1. (Yemen) Cordia africana

   Hypernym: سِبِسْتَان (sibistān)

Declension

Declension of noun طَنَب (ṭanab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَنَب ṭanab	الطَّنَب aṭ-ṭanab	طَنَب ṭanab
Nominative	طَنَبٌ ṭanabun	الطَّنَبُ aṭ-ṭanabu	طَنَبُ ṭanabu
Accusative	طَنَبًا ṭanaban	الطَّنَبَ aṭ-ṭanaba	طَنَبَ ṭanaba
Genitive	طَنَبٍ ṭanabin	الطَّنَبِ aṭ-ṭanabi	طَنَبِ ṭanabi

Noun

طُنُب or طُنْب • (ṭunub or ṭunb) m (plural أَطْنَاب (ʔaṭnāb) or طِنَبَة (ṭinaba)) (archaic)

1. rope, line

   Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), مَرَسَة (marasa), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), سَبَب (sabab)

2. artery or tendon

Declension

Declension of noun طُنُب (ṭunub)‎; طُنْب (ṭunb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنُب‎; طُنْب ṭunub‎; ṭunb	الطُّنُب‎; الطُّنْب aṭ-ṭunub‎; aṭ-ṭunb	طُنُب‎; طُنْب ṭunub‎; ṭunb
Nominative	طُنُبٌ‎; طُنْبٌ ṭunubun‎; ṭunbun	الطُّنُبُ‎; الطُّنْبُ aṭ-ṭunubu‎; aṭ-ṭunbu	طُنُبُ‎; طُنْبُ ṭunubu‎; ṭunbu
Accusative	طُنُبًا‎; طُنْبًا ṭunuban‎; ṭunban	الطُّنُبَ‎; الطُّنْبَ aṭ-ṭunuba‎; aṭ-ṭunba	طُنُبَ‎; طُنْبَ ṭunuba‎; ṭunba
Genitive	طُنُبٍ‎; طُنْبٍ ṭunubin‎; ṭunbin	الطُّنُبِ‎; الطُّنْبِ aṭ-ṭunubi‎; aṭ-ṭunbi	طُنُبِ‎; طُنْبِ ṭunubi‎; ṭunbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنُبَيْن‎; طُنْبَيْن ṭunubayn‎; ṭunbayn	الطُّنُبَيْن‎; الطُّنْبَيْن aṭ-ṭunubayn‎; aṭ-ṭunbayn	طُنُبَيْ‎; طُنْبَيْ ṭunubay‎; ṭunbay
Nominative	طُنُبَانِ‎; طُنْبَانِ ṭunubāni‎; ṭunbāni	الطُّنُبَانِ‎; الطُّنْبَانِ aṭ-ṭunubāni‎; aṭ-ṭunbāni	طُنُبَا‎; طُنْبَا ṭunubā‎; ṭunbā
Accusative	طُنُبَيْنِ‎; طُنْبَيْنِ ṭunubayni‎; ṭunbayni	الطُّنُبَيْنِ‎; الطُّنْبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭunubayni‎; aṭ-ṭunbayni	طُنُبَيْ‎; طُنْبَيْ ṭunubay‎; ṭunbay
Genitive	طُنُبَيْنِ‎; طُنْبَيْنِ ṭunubayni‎; ṭunbayni	الطُّنُبَيْنِ‎; الطُّنْبَيْنِ aṭ-ṭunubayni‎; aṭ-ṭunbayni	طُنُبَيْ‎; طُنْبَيْ ṭunubay‎; ṭunbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَطْنَاب‎; طِنَبَة ʔaṭnāb‎; ṭinaba	الْأَطْنَاب‎; الطِّنَبَة al-ʔaṭnāb‎; aṭ-ṭinaba	أَطْنَاب‎; طِنَبَة ʔaṭnāb‎; ṭinabat
Nominative	أَطْنَابٌ‎; طِنَبَةٌ ʔaṭnābun‎; ṭinabatun	الْأَطْنَابُ‎; الطِّنَبَةُ al-ʔaṭnābu‎; aṭ-ṭinabatu	أَطْنَابُ‎; طِنَبَةُ ʔaṭnābu‎; ṭinabatu
Accusative	أَطْنَابًا‎; طِنَبَةً ʔaṭnāban‎; ṭinabatan	الْأَطْنَابَ‎; الطِّنَبَةَ al-ʔaṭnāba‎; aṭ-ṭinabata	أَطْنَابَ‎; طِنَبَةَ ʔaṭnāba‎; ṭinabata
Genitive	أَطْنَابٍ‎; طِنَبَةٍ ʔaṭnābin‎; ṭinabatin	الْأَطْنَابِ‎; الطِّنَبَةِ al-ʔaṭnābi‎; aṭ-ṭinabati	أَطْنَابِ‎; طِنَبَةِ ʔaṭnābi‎; ṭinabati

Derived terms

• أَطْنَبَ (ʔaṭnaba, “to exceed the bounds, to have a long course”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tənab
• → Classical Syriac: ܛܘܢܒܐ (ṭunbā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طنب (tunb, tunüb), طنف (tunüf, tünef, tenef), تنف (tunüf, tünef, tenef), طناب (tenab) — Vulgar Turkish
  • Turkish: tunub, tenef (dialectal)
  • → Bulgarian: тенеп (tenep), тенеф (tenef)
  • → Northern Kurdish: tenef, tenab
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тѐнеф, тѐнеп

    Latin script: tènef, tènep

• → Urdu: طنب (tunub)

Verb

طَنِبَ • (ṭaniba) I (non-past يَطْنَبُ (yaṭnabu), verbal noun طَنَب (ṭanab)) (obsolete)

1. to be curved, crooked, hurled
2. to have long and weak feet
3. to have a long back (said of a horse)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of طَنِبَ (I, sound, i ~ a, no passive, verbal noun طَنَب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						طَنَب ṭanab
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						أَطْنَب ʔaṭnab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طَنِبْتُ ṭanibtu	طَنِبْتَ ṭanibta	طَنِبَ ṭaniba		طَنِبْتُمَا ṭanibtumā	طَنِبَا ṭanibā		طَنِبْنَا ṭanibnā	طَنِبْتُمْ ṭanibtum	طَنِبُوا ṭanibū
	f		طَنِبْتِ ṭanibti	طَنِبَتْ ṭanibat			طَنِبَتَا ṭanibatā			طَنِبْتُنَّ ṭanibtunna	طَنِبْنَ ṭanibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَطْنَبُ ʔaṭnabu	تَطْنَبُ taṭnabu	يَطْنَبُ yaṭnabu		تَطْنَبَانِ taṭnabāni	يَطْنَبَانِ yaṭnabāni		نَطْنَبُ naṭnabu	تَطْنَبُونَ taṭnabūna	يَطْنَبُونَ yaṭnabūna
	f		تَطْنَبِينَ taṭnabīna	تَطْنَبُ taṭnabu			تَطْنَبَانِ taṭnabāni			تَطْنَبْنَ taṭnabna	يَطْنَبْنَ yaṭnabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَطْنَبَ ʔaṭnaba	تَطْنَبَ taṭnaba	يَطْنَبَ yaṭnaba		تَطْنَبَا taṭnabā	يَطْنَبَا yaṭnabā		نَطْنَبَ naṭnaba	تَطْنَبُوا taṭnabū	يَطْنَبُوا yaṭnabū
	f		تَطْنَبِي taṭnabī	تَطْنَبَ taṭnaba			تَطْنَبَا taṭnabā			تَطْنَبْنَ taṭnabna	يَطْنَبْنَ yaṭnabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَطْنَبْ ʔaṭnab	تَطْنَبْ taṭnab	يَطْنَبْ yaṭnab		تَطْنَبَا taṭnabā	يَطْنَبَا yaṭnabā		نَطْنَبْ naṭnab	تَطْنَبُوا taṭnabū	يَطْنَبُوا yaṭnabū
	f		تَطْنَبِي taṭnabī	تَطْنَبْ taṭnab			تَطْنَبَا taṭnabā			تَطْنَبْنَ taṭnabna	يَطْنَبْنَ yaṭnabna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِطْنَبْ iṭnab			اِطْنَبَا iṭnabā				اِطْنَبُوا iṭnabū
	f		اِطْنَبِي iṭnabī							اِطْنَبْنَ iṭnabna

Verb

طَنَّبَ • (ṭannaba) II (non-past يُطَنِّبُ (yuṭannibu), verbal noun تَطْنِيب (taṭnīb)) (archaic)

1. to bind or tie with a rope
2. to stay, to abide in [with بِِ (bii) ‘in’]
3. to be exceedingly diligent, to be overly zealous
4. to howl (said of a wolf)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of طَنَّبَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَطْنِيب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَطْنِيب taṭnīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُطَنِّب muṭannib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُطَنَّب muṭannab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طَنَّبْتُ ṭannabtu	طَنَّبْتَ ṭannabta	طَنَّبَ ṭannaba		طَنَّبْتُمَا ṭannabtumā	طَنَّبَا ṭannabā		طَنَّبْنَا ṭannabnā	طَنَّبْتُمْ ṭannabtum	طَنَّبُوا ṭannabū
	f		طَنَّبْتِ ṭannabti	طَنَّبَتْ ṭannabat			طَنَّبَتَا ṭannabatā			طَنَّبْتُنَّ ṭannabtunna	طَنَّبْنَ ṭannabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُطَنِّبُ ʔuṭannibu	تُطَنِّبُ tuṭannibu	يُطَنِّبُ yuṭannibu		تُطَنِّبَانِ tuṭannibāni	يُطَنِّبَانِ yuṭannibāni		نُطَنِّبُ nuṭannibu	تُطَنِّبُونَ tuṭannibūna	يُطَنِّبُونَ yuṭannibūna
	f		تُطَنِّبِينَ tuṭannibīna	تُطَنِّبُ tuṭannibu			تُطَنِّبَانِ tuṭannibāni			تُطَنِّبْنَ tuṭannibna	يُطَنِّبْنَ yuṭannibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُطَنِّبَ ʔuṭanniba	تُطَنِّبَ tuṭanniba	يُطَنِّبَ yuṭanniba		تُطَنِّبَا tuṭannibā	يُطَنِّبَا yuṭannibā		نُطَنِّبَ nuṭanniba	تُطَنِّبُوا tuṭannibū	يُطَنِّبُوا yuṭannibū
	f		تُطَنِّبِي tuṭannibī	تُطَنِّبَ tuṭanniba			تُطَنِّبَا tuṭannibā			تُطَنِّبْنَ tuṭannibna	يُطَنِّبْنَ yuṭannibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُطَنِّبْ ʔuṭannib	تُطَنِّبْ tuṭannib	يُطَنِّبْ yuṭannib		تُطَنِّبَا tuṭannibā	يُطَنِّبَا yuṭannibā		نُطَنِّبْ nuṭannib	تُطَنِّبُوا tuṭannibū	يُطَنِّبُوا yuṭannibū
	f		تُطَنِّبِي tuṭannibī	تُطَنِّبْ tuṭannib			تُطَنِّبَا tuṭannibā			تُطَنِّبْنَ tuṭannibna	يُطَنِّبْنَ yuṭannibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		طَنِّبْ ṭannib			طَنِّبَا ṭannibā				طَنِّبُوا ṭannibū
	f		طَنِّبِي ṭannibī							طَنِّبْنَ ṭannibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طُنِّبْتُ ṭunnibtu	طُنِّبْتَ ṭunnibta	طُنِّبَ ṭunniba		طُنِّبْتُمَا ṭunnibtumā	طُنِّبَا ṭunnibā		طُنِّبْنَا ṭunnibnā	طُنِّبْتُمْ ṭunnibtum	طُنِّبُوا ṭunnibū
	f		طُنِّبْتِ ṭunnibti	طُنِّبَتْ ṭunnibat			طُنِّبَتَا ṭunnibatā			طُنِّبْتُنَّ ṭunnibtunna	طُنِّبْنَ ṭunnibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُطَنَّبُ ʔuṭannabu	تُطَنَّبُ tuṭannabu	يُطَنَّبُ yuṭannabu		تُطَنَّبَانِ tuṭannabāni	يُطَنَّبَانِ yuṭannabāni		نُطَنَّبُ nuṭannabu	تُطَنَّبُونَ tuṭannabūna	يُطَنَّبُونَ yuṭannabūna
	f		تُطَنَّبِينَ tuṭannabīna	تُطَنَّبُ tuṭannabu			تُطَنَّبَانِ tuṭannabāni			تُطَنَّبْنَ tuṭannabna	يُطَنَّبْنَ yuṭannabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُطَنَّبَ ʔuṭannaba	تُطَنَّبَ tuṭannaba	يُطَنَّبَ yuṭannaba		تُطَنَّبَا tuṭannabā	يُطَنَّبَا yuṭannabā		نُطَنَّبَ nuṭannaba	تُطَنَّبُوا tuṭannabū	يُطَنَّبُوا yuṭannabū
	f		تُطَنَّبِي tuṭannabī	تُطَنَّبَ tuṭannaba			تُطَنَّبَا tuṭannabā			تُطَنَّبْنَ tuṭannabna	يُطَنَّبْنَ yuṭannabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُطَنَّبْ ʔuṭannab	تُطَنَّبْ tuṭannab	يُطَنَّبْ yuṭannab		تُطَنَّبَا tuṭannabā	يُطَنَّبَا yuṭannabā		نُطَنَّبْ nuṭannab	تُطَنَّبُوا tuṭannabū	يُطَنَّبُوا yuṭannabū
	f		تُطَنَّبِي tuṭannabī	تُطَنَّبْ tuṭannab			تُطَنَّبَا tuṭannabā			تُطَنَّبْنَ tuṭannabna	يُطَنَّبْنَ yuṭannabna

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 825
• Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1873) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Vierter Theil. Poetische Bücher. Dritter Band: Das Salomonische Spruchbuch‎^[1] (in German), Erste edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, page 127
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “طنب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73b
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “طنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 646

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طنف (tunüf, tünef, tenef), تنف (tunüf, tünef, tenef), طناب (tenab) — Vulgar Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُنُب (ṭunub, “rope, line”).

Noun

طنب • (tunb, tunub) (plural اطناب (etnab))

1. string, cord, rope, line, thick strands of other cordage that are twisted together

   Synonyms: ایپ (ip), حبل (habl), خلاط (halat), رسن (resen), ریسمان (risman)

2. (specifically) tent-rope, a rope attached to a tentpole, used to support the structure
3. tendon, sinew, a fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment

   Synonyms: سڭیر (siñir), عصب (ʿasab), كرش (kiriş)

4. (by extension) sunbeam, a visible, narrow and intense ray of sunlight

   Synonyms: پرتو (pertev), تیغ (tiğ), شعاع (şuaʿ)

Descendants

• Turkish: tunub, tenef (dialectal)
• → Bulgarian: тенеп (tenep), тенеф (tenef)
• → Northern Kurdish: tenef, tenab
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: тѐнеф, тѐнеп

  Latin script: tènef, tènep

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tunub”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4910
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tunub”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[4] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1339
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 808
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Funis”, 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^[6], Vienna, column 632
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طنب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 3129
• Miklosich, Franz (1884) Die türkischen Elemente in den südost- und osteuropäischen Sprachen (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe)‎^[8] (in German), volume 35, Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طنب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[9], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1246