عنبر
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عنبر
See also: عنتر
Arabic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).
Noun
عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m
- ambergris
- ellipsis of حُوت الْعَنْبَر (ḥūt al-ʕanbar, “sperm whale, cachalot”).
Declension
Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَنْبَر ʕanbar |
الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar |
عَنْبَر ʕanbar |
| Nominative | عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun |
الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru |
عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru |
| Accusative | عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran |
الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara |
عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara |
| Genitive | عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin |
الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari |
عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: ənbər
- → Catalan: ambre
- → Hindustani:
- → Italian: ambra
- → Old French: ambre
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: ambar
- → Punjabi:
- → Ottoman Turkish: عنبر
- Turkish: amber
- → Swahili: ambari
References
- Jacob, Georg (1886) Der Bernstein bei den Arabern des Mittelalters (in German), Berlin: Carl Fraenkel
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- أَنْبار (ʔanbār)
Noun
عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m (plural عَنَابِر (ʕanābir))
Declension
Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَنْبَر ʕanbar |
الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar |
عَنْبَر ʕanbar |
| Nominative | عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun |
الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru |
عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru |
| Accusative | عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran |
الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara |
عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara |
| Genitive | عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin |
الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari |
عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عَنْبَرَيْن ʕanbarayn |
الْعَنْبَرَيْن al-ʕanbarayn |
عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray |
| Nominative | عَنْبَرَانِ ʕanbarāni |
الْعَنْبَرَانِ al-ʕanbarāni |
عَنْبَرَا ʕanbarā |
| Accusative | عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni |
الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni |
عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray |
| Genitive | عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni |
الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni |
عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَنَابِر ʕanābir |
الْعَنَابِر al-ʕanābir |
عَنَابِر ʕanābir |
| Nominative | عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru |
الْعَنَابِرُ al-ʕanābiru |
عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru |
| Accusative | عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira |
الْعَنَابِرَ al-ʕanābira |
عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira |
| Genitive | عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira |
الْعَنَابِرِ al-ʕanābiri |
عَنَابِرِ ʕanābiri |
References
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 12 Nr. 23
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
Noun
عنبر • (ʿamber)
- ambergris, a solid, waxy, flammable substance produced in the intestines of the sperm whale
- (by extension) sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Synonyms: قادرغه بالغی (kadırga balığı), قاشالو (kaşalo)
- (in general) perfume, fragrance, anything delicious, fragrant, or exquisite to the sense of smell
Derived terms
- عنبر قبوغی (ʿamber kabuğu, “cascarilla”)
- عنبر چیچكی (ʿamber çiçeği, “abelmosk”)
- عنبرلو (ʿamberli, “perfumed with ambergris”)
- عنبری (ʿamberi, “pertaining to ambergris”)
- عنبرین (ʿamberin, “perfumed with ambergris”)
- عنبریه (ʿamberiye, “any perfumed liqueur”)
Descendants
- Turkish: amber
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “amber”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 230
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عنبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 861
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ambra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 55
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عنبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3338
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “amber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عنبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1324