سنبه

Persian

Etymology

The stem of (softan) / (softidan) / (sonbidan, “to bore, to penetrate”), which is also an alternative form of (som, “hoof”), +‎ (-e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sun.ˈba/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [som.be]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sum.bä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sunba
Dari reading^?	sunba
Iranian reading^?	sonbe
Tajik reading^?	sunba

Noun

سنبه • (sonbe)

punch, wimble, auger
rammer of a cannon, ramrod of a muzzleloader, sponge-staff

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: sümbə (Şərur)
→ Georgian: ზუმბა (zumba)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सुम्ब (sumb), सुंबा (sumbā)

Urdu: سمبا (sumba)
→ Maithili: सुंभा (sumbhā)
→ Marathi: सुंबा (sumbā), सुंभा (sumbhā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: زنبه (zımba), زمبه (zımba), زنبا (zımba)
- Turkish: zımba
- → Armenian: զըմպա (zəmpa)
- → Greek: ζουμπάς (zoumpás)

References

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سنبه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 327a