عنب

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See also: عنت and غنت

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 (ʕinabm (collective, singulative عِنَبَة f (ʕinaba), plural أَعْنَاب (ʔaʕnāb))

  1. (collective) grapes

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: għeneb
  • Amharic: ዒነብ (ʿinäb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عنب (ineb)
  • Persian: عنب ('enab)
  • Tigre: ዕነብ (ʿənäb)
  • Urdu: عنب (ineb)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʕu.nab/,

Noun

عنب (ʕunabm (collective, singulative عُنَبَة f (ʕunaba))

  1. (uncountable) grapes

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Noun

عنب (ineb) (plural عنوب)

  1. grape, the fruit of the vine (Vitis vinifera)
    Synonyms: انگور (engûr), اوزوم (üzüm)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? inaḇ
Dari reading? inab
Iranian reading? enab
Tajik reading? inab

Noun

عنب (enab)

  1. grape
    Synonym: انگور (angur)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      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.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عنب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.nib/,
  • IPA(key): /ʕu.nub/,
  • Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

Noun

عنب (ʕineb, ʕunobm (collective, singulative عنبة f (ʕinbe, ʕunbe))

  1. (uncountable) grapes
    عنبة / حبة عنبʕinbe / ḥabbet ʕineba grape

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عِنَب ('inabm (Hindi spelling इनब)

  1. grape (fruit)
    Synonym: انگور (angūr)
  2. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)