زنبق
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /*čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka) "champac".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zan.baq/
Noun
زَنْبَق • (zanbaq) m (collective, singulative زَنْبَقَة f (zanbaqa), plural زَنَابِق (zanābiq))
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَنْبَق zanbaq |
الزَّنْبَق az-zanbaq |
زَنْبَق zanbaq |
| nominative | زَنْبَقٌ zanbaqun |
الزَّنْبَقُ az-zanbaqu |
زَنْبَقُ zanbaqu |
| accusative | زَنْبَقًا zanbaqan |
الزَّنْبَقَ az-zanbaqa |
زَنْبَقَ zanbaqa |
| genitive | زَنْبَقٍ zanbaqin |
الزَّنْبَقِ az-zanbaqi |
زَنْبَقِ zanbaqi |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَنْبَقَة zanbaqa |
الزَّنْبَقَة az-zanbaqa |
زَنْبَقَة zanbaqat |
| nominative | زَنْبَقَةٌ zanbaqatun |
الزَّنْبَقَةُ az-zanbaqatu |
زَنْبَقَةُ zanbaqatu |
| accusative | زَنْبَقَةً zanbaqatan |
الزَّنْبَقَةَ az-zanbaqata |
زَنْبَقَةَ zanbaqata |
| genitive | زَنْبَقَةٍ zanbaqatin |
الزَّنْبَقَةِ az-zanbaqati |
زَنْبَقَةِ zanbaqati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | زَنْبَقَتَيْن zanbaqatayn |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْن az-zanbaqatayn |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
| nominative | زَنْبَقَتَانِ zanbaqatāni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَانِ az-zanbaqatāni |
زَنْبَقَتَا zanbaqatā |
| accusative | زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
| genitive | زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni |
الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni |
زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt |
الزَّنْبَقَات az-zanbaqāt |
زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt |
| nominative | زَنْبَقَاتٌ zanbaqātun |
الزَّنْبَقَاتُ az-zanbaqātu |
زَنْبَقَاتُ zanbaqātu |
| accusative | زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin |
الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti |
زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti |
| genitive | زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin |
الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti |
زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti |
| plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَنَابِق zanābiq |
الزَّنَابِق az-zanābiq |
زَنَابِق zanābiq |
| nominative | زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu |
الزَّنَابِقُ az-zanābiqu |
زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu |
| accusative | زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
الزَّنَابِقَ az-zanābiqa |
زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
| genitive | زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa |
الزَّنَابِقِ az-zanābiqi |
زَنَابِقِ zanābiqi |
Descendants
- → Persian: زنبق (see there for further descendants)
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- زانبق (zambak), زنباق (zambak)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɑmˈbɑk/
Noun
زنبق • (zambak)
Descendants
- Turkish: zambak
- → Albanian: zambak
- → Aromanian: zãmbácã
- → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
- → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
- → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
- → Romanian: zambác
- → Serbo-Croatian:
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زنبق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 647b
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “زنبق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 482b
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْبَق (zanbaq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), related to Urdu چمپا / Hindi चंपा (campā), Punjabi چمپا (čampā, “jasmine in the broad sense”), which has been borrowed into Persian as چمپا (čampâ, “jasmine”). All via Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka, “champac”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zam.ˈbaq/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zäm.báq]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæm.bǽɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäm.báq]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zambaq |
| Dari reading? | zambaq |
| Iranian reading? | zambaġ |
| Tajik reading? | zambaq |
Noun
زنبق • (zanbaq) (plural زنبقها)
- the flower iris
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zambaq, zanbaq
- → Georgian: ზამბახი (zambaxi)
- → Middle Armenian: զամբաղ (zambaġ), զամպաղ (zampaġ), զամպախ (zampax)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنبق (zambak), زانبق (zambak), زنباق (zambak)
See also
- سوسن (sôsan, sowsan)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977), “ճանբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 187
- Lagarde, Paul de (1877), Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1371, page 96