هندباء
Arabic
Alternative forms
- هِنْدَب (hindab), هِنْدِبَا (hindibā)
Etymology
From Aramaic הּנְדְּבָא / ܗܶܢܕܒܳܐ (hendǝḇā), cognate to Arabic هَدَب (hadab, “twisted leaves or sprigs; cilium”). From Semitic also Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon), whence reborrowed Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, “endive, dandelion, chicory”) and the European terms Late Latin intibus, English endive etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hin.di.baːʔ/
Noun
هِنْدِبَاء • (hindibāʔ) f (collective)
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ |
الْهِنْدِبَاء al-hindibāʔ |
هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ |
| nominative | هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʔu |
الْهِنْدِبَاءُ al-hindibāʔu |
هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʔu |
| accusative | هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa |
الْهِنْدِبَاءَ al-hindibāʔa |
هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa |
| genitive | هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʔa |
الْهِنْدِبَاءِ al-hindibāʔi |
هِنْدِبَاءِ hindibāʔi |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: հնդիպայ (hndipay), հնդիպէ (hndipē)
- → Azerbaijani: hindiba
- → Ottoman Turkish: هندبا (hindiba)
- Turkish: hindiba
References
- “hndb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ḥdb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ˀnṭwbyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 415–420
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214