زنفيلجة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja), زَنْفَلِيجَة (zanfalīja)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زینپیله* (zîn-pêle) from زین (zin, “saddle”) + پیله (pêle, “bag, sack”) (later پاله (pâle) wherewith the form زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja)). Unrelated to Arabic زِنْبِيل (zinbīl, “frail, basket”).
Noun
زِنْفِيلَجَة • (zinfīlaja) f (obsolete)
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlaja |
الزِّنْفِيلَجَة az-zinfīlaja |
زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlajat |
| nominative | زِنْفِيلَجَةٌ zinfīlajatun |
الزِّنْفِيلَجَةُ az-zinfīlajatu |
زِنْفِيلَجَةُ zinfīlajatu |
| accusative | زِنْفِيلَجَةً zinfīlajatan |
الزِّنْفِيلَجَةَ az-zinfīlajata |
زِنْفِيلَجَةَ zinfīlajata |
| genitive | زِنْفِيلَجَةٍ zinfīlajatin |
الزِّنْفِيلَجَةِ az-zinfīlajati |
زِنْفِيلَجَةِ zinfīlajati |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنفيلجة”, 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 259
- Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 68