زنبق

Arabic

زَنْبَق

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /⁠*čambak⁠/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka), from Malayo-Polynesian, reflected in Javanese cĕmpaka, Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zan.baq/

Noun

زَنْبَق • (zanbaq) m (collective, singulative زَنْبَقَة f (zanbaqa), plural زَنَابِق (zanābiq))

1. lily
2. iris

Declension

Declension of noun زَنْبَق (zanbaq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَق zanbaq	الزَّنْبَق az-zanbaq	زَنْبَق zanbaq
Nominative	زَنْبَقٌ zanbaqun	الزَّنْبَقُ az-zanbaqu	زَنْبَقُ zanbaqu
Accusative	زَنْبَقًا zanbaqan	الزَّنْبَقَ az-zanbaqa	زَنْبَقَ zanbaqa
Genitive	زَنْبَقٍ zanbaqin	الزَّنْبَقِ az-zanbaqi	زَنْبَقِ zanbaqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَة zanbaqa	الزَّنْبَقَة az-zanbaqa	زَنْبَقَة zanbaqat
Nominative	زَنْبَقَةٌ zanbaqatun	الزَّنْبَقَةُ az-zanbaqatu	زَنْبَقَةُ zanbaqatu
Accusative	زَنْبَقَةً zanbaqatan	الزَّنْبَقَةَ az-zanbaqata	زَنْبَقَةَ zanbaqata
Genitive	زَنْبَقَةٍ zanbaqatin	الزَّنْبَقَةِ az-zanbaqati	زَنْبَقَةِ zanbaqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَتَيْن zanbaqatayn	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْن az-zanbaqatayn	زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay
Nominative	زَنْبَقَتَانِ zanbaqatāni	الزَّنْبَقَتَانِ az-zanbaqatāni	زَنْبَقَتَا zanbaqatā
Accusative	زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni	زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay
Genitive	زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ zanbaqatayni	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ az-zanbaqatayni	زَنْبَقَتَيْ zanbaqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt	الزَّنْبَقَات az-zanbaqāt	زَنْبَقَات zanbaqāt
Nominative	زَنْبَقَاتٌ zanbaqātun	الزَّنْبَقَاتُ az-zanbaqātu	زَنْبَقَاتُ zanbaqātu
Accusative	زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin	الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti	زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti
Genitive	زَنْبَقَاتٍ zanbaqātin	الزَّنْبَقَاتِ az-zanbaqāti	زَنْبَقَاتِ zanbaqāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنَابِق zanābiq	الزَّنَابِق az-zanābiq	زَنَابِق zanābiq
Nominative	زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu	الزَّنَابِقُ az-zanābiqu	زَنَابِقُ zanābiqu
Accusative	زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa	الزَّنَابِقَ az-zanābiqa	زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa
Genitive	زَنَابِقَ zanābiqa	الزَّنَابِقِ az-zanābiqi	زَنَابِقِ zanābiqi

Descendants

• → Persian: زنبق (see there for further descendants)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زانبق (zambak), زنباق (zambak)

Etymology

From Persian زنبق (zanbaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑmˈbɑk/

Noun

زنبق • (zambak)

1. lily
2. iris

Descendants

• Turkish: zambak
• → Albanian: zambak
• → Aromanian: zãmbácã
• → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
• → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
• → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
• → Romanian: zambác
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: замбак

  Latin script: zambak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زنبق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 647b
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “زنبق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 482b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَنْبَق (zanbaq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /⁠čambak⁠/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), related to Urdu چمپا / Hindi चंपा (campā), Punjabi چمپا (čampā, “jasmine in the broad sense”), which has been borrowed into Persian as چمپا (čampâ, “jasmine”). All via Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka) from Javanese cĕmpaka or another Malayo-Polynesian language, as reflected in Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zam.ˈbaq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bǽq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bǽq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäm.bǽq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäm.bǽq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæm.bǽɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bǽq]

Readings
Classical reading?	zambaq
Dari reading?	zambaq
Iranian reading?	zambağ
Tajik reading?	zambaq

Noun

زنبق • (zanbaq) (plural زنبق‌ها (zanbaq-hâ))

1. the flower iris

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zambaq, zanbaq
• → Georgian: ზამბახი (zambaxi)
• → Middle Armenian: զամբաղ (zambaġ), զամպաղ (zampaġ), զամպախ (zampax)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زنبق (zambak), زانبق (zambak), زنباق (zambak)
  • Turkish: zambak
  • → Albanian: zambak
  • → Aromanian: zãmbácã
  • → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
  • → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
  • → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
  • → Romanian: zambác
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: замбак

    Latin script: zambak

See also

• سوسن (sôsan, sowsan)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճանբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 187
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1371, page 96