عنب
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ن ب (ʕ n b), from Proto-Semitic *ʿanbab- (“fruit, flower, shoot”), ultimately Proto-Afroasiatic *ʿanbab- (“plant, flower”). Akin to Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, “jujube”), Hebrew עֵנָב (ʿēnāḇ, “grape”), Hebrew עֲנָבָה (ʿănāḇā), Aramaic עֲנָבָא (ʿănnāḇā, “stalk of grapes”), עִנְּבָא (ʿinneḇā, “cluster of grapes”), עִנְבְּתָא (ʿinbəṯā, “berry”), Classical Syriac ܥܷܢܒ݂݁ܳܬܐ (ʿinbəṯā, “berry”), Ugaritic 𐎙𐎐𐎁 (ġnb, “grape(s)”), Sabaean 𐩲𐩬𐩨 (ʿnb, “vineyard”), Ge'ez ሕንባብ (ḥənbab), ሕባብ (ḥəbab, “grape; grain”), and thus حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”), and Akkadian 𒄧 (inbum, “fruit”) with its many derivatives.
Pronunciation
Noun
عِنَب • (ʕinab) m (collective, singulative عِنَبَة f (ʕinaba), plural أَعْنَاب (ʔaʕnāb))
- (collective) grapes
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عِنَب ʕinab |
الْعِنَب al-ʕinab |
عِنَب ʕinab |
| nominative | عِنَبٌ ʕinabun |
الْعِنَبُ al-ʕinabu |
عِنَبُ ʕinabu |
| accusative | عِنَبًا ʕinaban |
الْعِنَبَ al-ʕinaba |
عِنَبَ ʕinaba |
| genitive | عِنَبٍ ʕinabin |
الْعِنَبِ al-ʕinabi |
عِنَبِ ʕinabi |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عِنَبَة ʕinaba |
الْعِنَبَة al-ʕinaba |
عِنَبَة ʕinabat |
| nominative | عِنَبَةٌ ʕinabatun |
الْعِنَبَةُ al-ʕinabatu |
عِنَبَةُ ʕinabatu |
| accusative | عِنَبَةً ʕinabatan |
الْعِنَبَةَ al-ʕinabata |
عِنَبَةَ ʕinabata |
| genitive | عِنَبَةٍ ʕinabatin |
الْعِنَبَةِ al-ʕinabati |
عِنَبَةِ ʕinabati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عِنَبَتَيْن ʕinabatayn |
الْعِنَبَتَيْن al-ʕinabatayn |
عِنَبَتَيْ ʕinabatay |
| nominative | عِنَبَتَانِ ʕinabatāni |
الْعِنَبَتَانِ al-ʕinabatāni |
عِنَبَتَا ʕinabatā |
| accusative | عِنَبَتَيْنِ ʕinabatayni |
الْعِنَبَتَيْنِ al-ʕinabatayni |
عِنَبَتَيْ ʕinabatay |
| genitive | عِنَبَتَيْنِ ʕinabatayni |
الْعِنَبَتَيْنِ al-ʕinabatayni |
عِنَبَتَيْ ʕinabatay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عِنَبَات ʕinabāt |
الْعِنَبَات al-ʕinabāt |
عِنَبَات ʕinabāt |
| nominative | عِنَبَاتٌ ʕinabātun |
الْعِنَبَاتُ al-ʕinabātu |
عِنَبَاتُ ʕinabātu |
| accusative | عِنَبَاتٍ ʕinabātin |
الْعِنَبَاتِ al-ʕinabāti |
عِنَبَاتِ ʕinabāti |
| genitive | عِنَبَاتٍ ʕinabātin |
الْعِنَبَاتِ al-ʕinabāti |
عِنَبَاتِ ʕinabāti |
| plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَعْنَاب ʔaʕnāb |
الْأَعْنَاب al-ʔaʕnāb |
أَعْنَاب ʔaʕnāb |
| nominative | أَعْنَابٌ ʔaʕnābun |
الْأَعْنَابُ al-ʔaʕnābu |
أَعْنَابُ ʔaʕnābu |
| accusative | أَعْنَابًا ʔaʕnāban |
الْأَعْنَابَ al-ʔaʕnāba |
أَعْنَابَ ʔaʕnāba |
| genitive | أَعْنَابٍ ʔaʕnābin |
الْأَعْنَابِ al-ʔaʕnābi |
أَعْنَابِ ʔaʕnābi |
Derived terms
- عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, “jujube”)
Descendants
- Maltese: għeneb
- → Amharic: ዒነብ (ʿinäb)
- → Hausa: inàbī
- → Ottoman Turkish: عنب (ineb)
- → Persian: عنب ('enab)
- → Tigre: ዕነብ (ʿənäb)
- → Urdu: عنب (ineb)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕu.nab/, [ʕʊ.nab]
Noun
عنب • (ʕunab) m (collective, singulative عُنَبَة f (ʕunaba))
- (uncountable) grapes
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab, “grapes”), from Proto-Semitic *ʿanbab- (“fruit, flower, shoot”).
Noun
عنب • (ʼineb) (definite accusative عنبی (ʼinebi), plural اعناب (eʼnâb))
- grape, a small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit of the genus Vitis, that grows in bunches on vines
Derived terms
- عنب الثعلب (ʼinebüʼs-saʼleb, “common nightshade”)
- عنب الحیه (ʼinebüʼl-hayye, “bittersweet nightshade”)
- عنب الدب (ʼinebüʼd-düb, “bearberry”)
- عنب الذنب (ʼinebüʼl-zeneb, “common nightshade”)
- عنب بنت (ʼineb-i bint, “wine”, literally “daughter of the grape”)
- عنبه (ʼinebe, “grape berry”)
- عنبی (ʼinebî, “grapey”)
Descendants
- Turkish: ineb
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ineb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2176
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ineb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 521
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عنب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 861
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Uva”, 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[3], Vienna, column 1799
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عنب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3338
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عنب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1324
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔi.ˈnab/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.nǽb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe.nǽb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.nǽb]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | inab |
| Dari reading? | inab |
| Iranian reading? | enab |
| Tajik reading? | inab |
Noun
عنب • (enab)
- grape
- Synonym: انگور (angur)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][6]:
- مستی به آب یک دو عنب وضع بنده نیست
من سالخورده پیر خرابات پرورم- mastī ba āb-i yak du inab waz'-i banda nēst
man sālxwarda pīr-i xarābāt parwaram - Being drunk from the juice of a grape or two is not my condition;
I am a venerable old man who was brought up in the taverns.
- mastī ba āb-i yak du inab waz'-i banda nēst
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عنب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
عنب • (ʕineb, ʕunob) m (collective, singulative عنبة f (ʕinbe, ʕunbe))
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.neːb/
Noun
عِنَب • ('inab) m (Hindi spelling इनब)
- grape (fruit)
- Synonym: انگور (angūr)
- black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)