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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Persian خمباره (xombâra) (compare modern Persian خمپاره (xompâre)); probably via Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara).
The athletic sense is probably a more recent semantic loan from Russian ядро́ (jadró).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: qum‧ba‧ra
Noun
qumbara (definite accusative qumbaranı, plural qumbaralar)
- (military, weaponry) shell
- (military, weaponry) grenade
- (historical) cannonball
- (Baku, Sheki) wetted pieces of coal woven into the shape of a ball and consequently dried in sun; used as fuel.
- (athletics) shot (heavy iron ball)
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