زبور

Arabic

From the root ز ب ر (z-b-r), meaning "to be well composed, to be well written", "to be engraved or written skillfully", a variant of ذ ب ر (ḏ-b-r), the later being considered to be derived from the Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "sem-him" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. Dialect; cognate with Hebrew דיבור and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎗 (dbr).
Less likely a variation of the root ز م ر (z-m-r), meaning "to play a pipe or reed", "use a musical instrument", "to make music or play a melody"; semantically borrowed from Hebrew זָמַר (zamar, “to make music, sing; to praise, to sing psalms”).

زَبُور • (zabūr) m (plural زُبُر (zubur))

Declension of noun زَبُور (zabūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَبُور zabūr	الزَّبُور az-zabūr	زَبُور zabūr
Nominative	زَبُورٌ zabūrun	الزَّبُورُ az-zabūru	زَبُورُ zabūru
Accusative	زَبُورًا zabūran	الزَّبُورَ az-zabūra	زَبُورَ zabūra
Genitive	زَبُورٍ zabūrin	الزَّبُورِ az-zabūri	زَبُورِ zabūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَبُورَيْن zabūrayn	الزَّبُورَيْن az-zabūrayn	زَبُورَيْ zabūray
Nominative	زَبُورَانِ zabūrāni	الزَّبُورَانِ az-zabūrāni	زَبُورَا zabūrā
Accusative	زَبُورَيْنِ zabūrayni	الزَّبُورَيْنِ az-zabūrayni	زَبُورَيْ zabūray
Genitive	زَبُورَيْنِ zabūrayni	الزَّبُورَيْنِ az-zabūrayni	زَبُورَيْ zabūray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُبُر zubur	الزُّبُر az-zubur	زُبُر zubur
Nominative	زُبُرٌ zuburun	الزُّبُرُ az-zuburu	زُبُرُ zuburu
Accusative	زُبُرًا zuburan	الزُّبُرَ az-zubura	زُبُرَ zubura
Genitive	زُبُرٍ zuburin	الزُّبُرِ az-zuburi	زُبُرِ zuburi

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 248–249
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 148–149