زنبق

Arabic

زَنْبَق

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زنبق (zanbaq, “iris”), from Middle Persian cmbk' (*čambak), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kamb- (“to bend, curve”).

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

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian cmbk' (*čambak), from Proto-Indo-European *kamb- (“to bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zænˈbæq/
• IPA^(key): [zæmˈbæɣ]
• IPA^(key): [zæmˈbæq]

Noun

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

1. (botany) iris

Descendants

• → Arabic: زنبق (zanbaq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زنبق (zambak)
  • Turkish: zambak
  • → Albanian: zambak
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: замбак

    Latin script: zambak

See also

• سوسن