kumbara

From Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara), from Classical Persian خمباره (xumbāra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

kumbara (plural kumbara-kumbara)

1. money-box, piggy bank

kumbara

1. nonstandard spelling of kembara

• kùmbura

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara).

• IPA^(key): /kumbǎra/
• Hyphenation: kum‧ba‧ra

kumbàra or kùmbara f (Cyrillic spelling кумба̀ра or ку̀мбара)

1. (archaic) bomb, a kind of lombard-projectile

• kumbàradžija, kumbaràdžija (“somebody who throws these bombs”)

• “kùmbara”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “кумба̀ра”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 124

From Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

kumbara (definite accusative kumbarayı, plural kumbaralar)

1. money-box, piggy bank
2. (obsolete) grenade

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kumbara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük