قنبلة

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُنْبُلَة (qunbulaf (plural قُنْبُلَات (qunbulāt) or قَنَابِل (qanābil))

  1. bomb, grenade

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Swahili: kombora

References

  • Procházka, Stephan (2009) “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 590

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُنْبُلة (gunbulaf (plural قَنابِل (ganābil))

  1. bomb, grenade