زنفيلجة

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian زین‌پیله* (zîn-pêle) from زین (zin, saddle) + پیله (pêle, bag, sack) (later پاله (pâle) wherewith the form زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja)). Unrelated to Arabic زِنْبِيل (zinbīl, frail, basket).

Noun

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زِنْفِيلَجَة (zinfīlajaf (obsolete)

  1. haversack, satchel, pouch, case

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References

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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنفيلجة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 259
  • Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 68