Probably an eastern loanword according to Beekes. Compare Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr), related to Persian شنگرف (šangarf) from Old Persian 𐎿𐎡𐎣𐎲𐎽𐎢𐏁 (s-i-k-b-ru-u-š /sinkabruš/, “carnelian”), of unknown origin.
κιννάβᾰρῐ • (kinnábari) n (genitive κιννᾰβάρεως); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ tò kinnábari |
τὼ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tṑ kinnabárei |
τᾰ̀ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ tà kinnabárē / kinnabárea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεως toû kinnabáreōs |
τοῖν κιννᾰβᾰρέοιν toîn kinnabaréoin |
τῶν κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεων tôn kinnabáreōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tôi kinnabárei |
τοῖν κιννᾰβᾰρέοιν toîn kinnabaréoin |
τοῖς κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεσῐ / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεσῐν toîs kinnabáresi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ tò kinnábari |
τὼ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tṑ kinnabárei |
τᾰ̀ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ tà kinnabárē / kinnabárea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ kinnábari |
κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει kinnabárei |
κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ kinnabárē / kinnabárea | ||||||||||
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