تنبسه

Persian

Etymology

From the verb تَنبَسیدَن (tanbasidan, “to twist threads”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to span, stretch, extend”) whence also Persian (tâftan, “to twist; to twine”), (tâbidan, “to twist, turn, spin”).
Compare Arabic طِنْفَسَة (ṭinfasa), borrowed from Persian or Middle Iranian, and Ancient Greek τᾰ́πης (tắpēs) (which may be a borrowing from Old Iranian), whence Latin tapēte (see there for further descendants).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tan.ba.ˈsa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.bæ.sé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tanbasa
Dari reading^?	tanbasa
Iranian reading^?	tanbase
Tajik reading^?	tanbasa

Noun

تنبسه • (tanbase)

rug, carpet

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تنبسه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press