غضنفر
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣa.dˤan.far/
Noun
غَضَنْفَر • (ḡaḍanfar) m (plural غَضَافِر (ḡaḍāfir))
- lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo
- Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), غُضَافِر (ḡuḍāfir)
- (figuratively) lion, a strong, brave and valiant man
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غَضَنْفَر ḡaḍanfar |
الْغَضَنْفَر al-ḡaḍanfar |
غَضَنْفَر ḡaḍanfar |
| nominative | غَضَنْفَرٌ ḡaḍanfarun |
الْغَضَنْفَرُ al-ḡaḍanfaru |
غَضَنْفَرُ ḡaḍanfaru |
| accusative | غَضَنْفَرًا ḡaḍanfaran |
الْغَضَنْفَرَ al-ḡaḍanfara |
غَضَنْفَرَ ḡaḍanfara |
| genitive | غَضَنْفَرٍ ḡaḍanfarin |
الْغَضَنْفَرِ al-ḡaḍanfari |
غَضَنْفَرِ ḡaḍanfari |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | غَضَنْفَرَيْن ḡaḍanfarayn |
الْغَضَنْفَرَيْن al-ḡaḍanfarayn |
غَضَنْفَرَيْ ḡaḍanfaray |
| nominative | غَضَنْفَرَانِ ḡaḍanfarāni |
الْغَضَنْفَرَانِ al-ḡaḍanfarāni |
غَضَنْفَرَا ḡaḍanfarā |
| accusative | غَضَنْفَرَيْنِ ḡaḍanfarayni |
الْغَضَنْفَرَيْنِ al-ḡaḍanfarayni |
غَضَنْفَرَيْ ḡaḍanfaray |
| genitive | غَضَنْفَرَيْنِ ḡaḍanfarayni |
الْغَضَنْفَرَيْنِ al-ḡaḍanfarayni |
غَضَنْفَرَيْ ḡaḍanfaray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | غَضَافِر ḡaḍāfir |
الْغَضَافِر al-ḡaḍāfir |
غَضَافِر ḡaḍāfir |
| nominative | غَضَافِرُ ḡaḍāfiru |
الْغَضَافِرُ al-ḡaḍāfiru |
غَضَافِرُ ḡaḍāfiru |
| accusative | غَضَافِرَ ḡaḍāfira |
الْغَضَافِرَ al-ḡaḍāfira |
غَضَافِرَ ḡaḍāfira |
| genitive | غَضَافِرَ ḡaḍāfira |
الْغَضَافِرِ al-ḡaḍāfiri |
غَضَافِرِ ḡaḍāfiri |
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَضَنْفَر (ḡaḍanfar).
Noun
غضنفر • (gazanfer)
- lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo
- (figuratively) lion, a strong, brave and valiant man
Descendants
- Turkish: gazanfer
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gazanfer”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1658
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “gazanfer”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 337
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غضنفر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 874
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Leo”, 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 934
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “غضنفر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3411
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غضنفر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1346
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَضَنْفَر (ḡaḍanfar).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɣa.zan.ˈfaɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣä.zäɱ.fǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.zæɱ.fǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁä.zäɱ.fǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ġazanfar |
| Dari reading? | ġazanfar |
| Iranian reading? | ġazanfar |
| Tajik reading? | ġazanfar |
Proper noun
غضنفر • (ġazanfar)
- a male given name from Arabic