زنبور
Arabic
Alternative forms
- زِنْبَار (zinbār)
Etymology
From Aramaic זבּור (zibbūr, “hornet”), doublet of دَبُّور (dabbūr); cognates with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā) and Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (dvorá).
Pronunciation
Noun
زُنْبُور • (zunbūr) m (plural زَنَابِير (zanābīr))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زُنْبُور zunbūr |
الزُّنْبُور az-zunbūr |
زُنْبُور zunbūr |
| nominative | زُنْبُورٌ zunbūrun |
الزُّنْبُورُ az-zunbūru |
زُنْبُورُ zunbūru |
| accusative | زُنْبُورًا zunbūran |
الزُّنْبُورَ az-zunbūra |
زُنْبُورَ zunbūra |
| genitive | زُنْبُورٍ zunbūrin |
الزُّنْبُورِ az-zunbūri |
زُنْبُورِ zunbūri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | زُنْبُورَيْن zunbūrayn |
الزُّنْبُورَيْن az-zunbūrayn |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| nominative | زُنْبُورَانِ zunbūrāni |
الزُّنْبُورَانِ az-zunbūrāni |
زُنْبُورَا zunbūrā |
| accusative | زُنْبُورَيْنِ zunbūrayni |
الزُّنْبُورَيْنِ az-zunbūrayni |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| genitive | زُنْبُورَيْنِ zunbūrayni |
الزُّنْبُورَيْنِ az-zunbūrayni |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زَنَابِير zanābīr |
الزَّنَابِير az-zanābīr |
زَنَابِير zanābīr |
| nominative | زَنَابِيرُ zanābīru |
الزَّنَابِيرُ az-zanābīru |
زَنَابِيرُ zanābīru |
| accusative | زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
الزَّنَابِيرَ az-zanābīra |
زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
| genitive | زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
الزَّنَابِيرِ az-zanābīri |
زَنَابِيرِ zanābīri |
Derived terms
- اَلْمَسْأَلَةُ الزُّنْبُورِيَّةُ (al-masʔalatu z-zunbūriyyatu)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنبور (zenbur), զէնպուր (zenbur)
- Turkish: zenbur
- → Persian: زنبور (zanbur)
- → Middle Armenian: զամբուռ (zambuṙ)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنبور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زنبور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1015
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زنبور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 605
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- զէնպուր (zenbur)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زُنْبُور (zunbūr, “hornet, bee”), from Aramaic זבּור (zibbūr, “hornet”).
Noun
زنبور • (zenbur) (definite accusative زنبوری (zenburu), plural زنابیر (zenâbir))
- bee, hornet, wasp, any winged insect of the order Hymenoptera except ants
- Near-synonyms: آری (arı), اشك آریسی (eşek arısı), یابان آریسی (yaban arısı)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: zenbur
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zenbur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5453
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زنبور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 647
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Apis”, 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[5], Vienna, column 70
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زنبور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[6], Vienna, column 2470
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنبور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْبُور (zanbūr). An alternative pronunciation of Modern Standard Arabic زُنْبُور (zunbūr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zan.ˈbuːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zäm.buːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæm.buːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäm.bɵɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zanbūr |
| Dari reading? | zanbūr |
| Iranian reading? | zanbur |
| Tajik reading? | zanbür |
Noun
زنبور • (zanbur) (plural زنبورها (zanbur-hâ))
- bee, hornet, wasp
- کندوی زنبور ― kandu-ye zanbur ― beehive
- زنبور دنبال گل است. ― zanbur donbâl-e gol ast. ― The bee is looking for flowers.
- به روستا رفت و زنبور پرورش داد.
- be rustâ raft va zanbur parvareš -dâd.
- He went to the countryside and raised bees.
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3291:
- زانک کرمنا شد آدم ز اختیار، یم زنبور عسل شد نیم مار
- z-ân ke karramnâ šod âdam z-extiyâr, nim zanbur-e 'asal šod, nim mâr.
- Because We have honoured Man by [the gift of] free-will: half [of him] is honeybee, half is snake.
- c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:
- زین پیشتر حلاوت شهد اینقدر نبود، زنبور دانم آن لب شیرین مزیده است
- z-in pištar halâvat-e šahd in-qadr na-bud, zanbur dânam ân lab-e širin gazide ast.
- Never before has honey tasted so sweet [as the sweetness of seeing my love]. The bee, I know, has stung that sweet lip.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: զամբուռ (zambuṙ)