زنبور
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Arabic
Alternative forms
- زِنْبَار (zinbār)
- زَنْبُور (zanbūr)
Etymology
From Aramaic זבּור (zibbūr, “hornet”), doublet of دَبُّور (dabbūr); cognates with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā) and Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (dvorá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zun.buːr/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /zan.buːr/
Noun
زُنْبُور • (zunbūr) m (plural زَنَابِير (zanābīr))
Declension
Declension of noun زُنْبُور (zunbūr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | زُنْبُور zunbūr |
الزُّنْبُور az-zunbūr |
زُنْبُور zunbūr |
| Nominative | زُنْبُورٌ zunbūrun |
الزُّنْبُورُ az-zunbūru |
زُنْبُورُ zunbūru |
| Accusative | زُنْبُورًا zunbūran |
الزُّنْبُورَ az-zunbūra |
زُنْبُورَ zunbūra |
| Genitive | زُنْبُورٍ zunbūrin |
الزُّنْبُورِ az-zunbūri |
زُنْبُورِ zunbūri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | زُنْبُورَيْن zunbūrayn |
الزُّنْبُورَيْن az-zunbūrayn |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| Nominative | زُنْبُورَانِ zunbūrāni |
الزُّنْبُورَانِ az-zunbūrāni |
زُنْبُورَا zunbūrā |
| Accusative | زُنْبُورَيْنِ zunbūrayni |
الزُّنْبُورَيْنِ az-zunbūrayni |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| Genitive | زُنْبُورَيْنِ zunbūrayni |
الزُّنْبُورَيْنِ az-zunbūrayni |
زُنْبُورَيْ zunbūray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | زَنَابِير zanābīr |
الزَّنَابِير az-zanābīr |
زَنَابِير zanābīr |
| Nominative | زَنَابِيرُ zanābīru |
الزَّنَابِيرُ az-zanābīru |
زَنَابِيرُ zanābīru |
| Accusative | زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
الزَّنَابِيرَ az-zanābīra |
زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
| Genitive | زَنَابِيرَ zanābīra |
الزَّنَابِيرِ az-zanābīri |
زَنَابِيرِ zanābīri |
Derived terms
- اَلْمَسْأَلَةُ الزُّنْبُورِيَّةُ (al-masʔalatu z-zunbūriyyatu)
Descendants
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنبور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زنبور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1015
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زنبور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 605
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْبُور (zanbūr). An alternative pronunciation of Modern Standard Arabic زُنْبُور (zunbūr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zanbūr |
| Dari reading? | zanbūr |
| Iranian reading? | zanbur |
| Tajik reading? | zanbür |
Noun
| Dari | زنبور |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | занбӯр, ору |
زنبور • (zanbur) (plural زنبورها (zanbur-hâ))
- bee, hornet, wasp
- کندوی زنبور ― kandu-ye zanbur ― beehive
- زنبور دنبال گل است.
- zanbur donbâl-e gol ast.
- The bee is looking for flowers.
- به روستا رفت و زنبور پرورش داد.
- be rustâ raft va zanbur parvareš -dâd.
- He went to the countryside and raised bees.
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3291:
- زانک کرمنا شد آدم ز اختیار، یم زنبور عسل شد نیم مار
- z-ân ke karramnâ šod âdam z-extiyâr, nim zanbur-e 'asal šod, nim mâr.
- Because We have honoured Man by free-will: half is honeybee, half is snake.
- c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:
- زین پیشتر حلاوت شهد اینقدر نبود، زنبور دانم آن لب شیرین مزیده است
- z-in pištar halâvat-e šahd in-qadr na-bud, zanbur dânam ân lab-e širin gazide ast.
- Never before has honey tasted so sweet . The bee, I know, has stung that sweet lip.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: զամբուռ (zambuṙ)