طنب

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Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe extended from طُنّ (ṭunn, bundle of reeds), see there for other comparisons, maybe related with طُنُف (ṭunuf), طُنْف (ṭunf), طَنَف (ṭanaf), طَنْف (ṭanf, overhang of a mountain or a building, cornice, eaves etc.), which must be judged by the meanings of Ge'ez ጥንፍ (ṭənf, prominence; cornice; cross-beam, joint between pillars etc.).

Noun

طَنَب (ṭanabm

  1. (Yemen) Cordia africana
    Hypernym: سِبِسْتَان (sibistān)

Declension

Noun

طُنُب or طُنْب (ṭunub or ṭunbm (plural أَطْنَاب (ʔaṭnāb) or طِنَبَة (ṭinaba)) (archaic)

  1. rope, line
    Synonyms: حَبْل (ḥabl), مَرَسَة (marasa), رِبَاط (ribāṭ), قَلْس (qals), أَشْل (ʔašl), سَبَب (sabab)
  2. artery or tendon

Declension

Derived terms

  • أَطْنَبَ (ʔaṭnaba, to exceed the bounds, to have a long course)

Descendants

Verb

طَنِبَ (ṭaniba) I (non-past يَطْنَبُ (yaṭnabu), verbal noun طَنَب (ṭanab)) (obsolete)

  1. to be curved, crooked, hurled
  2. to have long and weak feet
  3. to have a long back (said of a horse)

Conjugation

Verb

طَنَّبَ (ṭannaba) II (non-past يُطَنِّبُ (yuṭannibu), verbal noun تَطْنِيب (taṭnīb)) (archaic)

  1. to bind or tie with a rope
  2. to stay, to abide in
  3. to be exceedingly diligent, to be overly zealous
  4. to howl (said of a wolf)

Conjugation

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 825
  • Delitzsch, Franz, Keil, Carl Friedrich (1873) Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament. Vierter Theil. Poetische Bücher. Dritter Band: Das Salomonische Spruchbuch (in German), Erste edition, Leipzig: Dörffling und Franke, page 127
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طنب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “طنب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 646

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُنُب (ṭunub, rope, line).

Noun

طنب (tunb, tunub) (plural اطناب (etnab))

  1. string, cord, rope, line, thick strands of other cordage that are twisted together
    Synonyms: ایپ (ip), حبل (habl), خلاط (halat), رسن (resen), ریسمان (risman)
  2. (specifically) tent-rope, a rope attached to a tentpole, used to support the structure
  3. tendon, sinew, a fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment
    Synonyms: سڭیر (siñir), عصب (ʿasab), كرش (kiriş)
  4. (by extension) sunbeam, a visible, narrow and intense ray of sunlight
    Synonyms: پرتو (pertev), تیغ (tiğ), شعاع (şuaʿ)

Descendants

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