شنبر
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian چنبر (čanbar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃan.bar/
Noun
شَنْبَر • (šanbar) m (plural شَنَابِر (šanābir))
- frame, ring, rim, hoop (in various technical applications)
- a kind of headscarf of a woman bound around, kerchief
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | شَنْبَر šanbar |
الشَّنْبَر aš-šanbar |
شَنْبَر šanbar |
| nominative | شَنْبَرٌ šanbarun |
الشَّنْبَرُ aš-šanbaru |
شَنْبَرُ šanbaru |
| accusative | شَنْبَرًا šanbaran |
الشَّنْبَرَ aš-šanbara |
شَنْبَرَ šanbara |
| genitive | شَنْبَرٍ šanbarin |
الشَّنْبَرِ aš-šanbari |
شَنْبَرِ šanbari |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | شَنْبَرَيْن šanbarayn |
الشَّنْبَرَيْن aš-šanbarayn |
شَنْبَرَيْ šanbaray |
| nominative | شَنْبَرَانِ šanbarāni |
الشَّنْبَرَانِ aš-šanbarāni |
شَنْبَرَا šanbarā |
| accusative | شَنْبَرَيْنِ šanbarayni |
الشَّنْبَرَيْنِ aš-šanbarayni |
شَنْبَرَيْ šanbaray |
| genitive | شَنْبَرَيْنِ šanbarayni |
الشَّنْبَرَيْنِ aš-šanbarayni |
شَنْبَرَيْ šanbaray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | شَنَابِر šanābir |
الشَّنَابِر aš-šanābir |
شَنَابِر šanābir |
| nominative | شَنَابِرُ šanābiru |
الشَّنَابِرُ aš-šanābiru |
شَنَابِرُ šanābiru |
| accusative | شَنَابِرَ šanābira |
الشَّنَابِرَ aš-šanābira |
شَنَابِرَ šanābira |
| genitive | شَنَابِرَ šanābira |
الشَّنَابِرِ aš-šanābiri |
شَنَابِرِ šanābiri |
Derived terms
- خِيَار شَنْبَر (ḵiyār šanbar, “golden shower tree (Cassia fistula)”)
Descendants
- Algerian Arabic: شنبير (šenbīr)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شنبر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 789
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شنبر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 676