صندل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from sandalwood being cut into flat strips; see Middle Persian cndl (čandal).

Noun

صَنْدَل • (ṣandal) m (plural صَنَادِل (ṣanādil))

1. sandals

Declension

Declension of noun صَنْدَل (ṣandal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَل ṣandal	الصَّنْدَل aṣ-ṣandal	صَنْدَل ṣandal
Nominative	صَنْدَلٌ ṣandalun	الصَّنْدَلُ aṣ-ṣandalu	صَنْدَلُ ṣandalu
Accusative	صَنْدَلًا ṣandalan	الصَّنْدَلَ aṣ-ṣandala	صَنْدَلَ ṣandala
Genitive	صَنْدَلٍ ṣandalin	الصَّنْدَلِ aṣ-ṣandali	صَنْدَلِ ṣandali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَلَيْن ṣandalayn	الصَّنْدَلَيْن aṣ-ṣandalayn	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Nominative	صَنْدَلَانِ ṣandalāni	الصَّنْدَلَانِ aṣ-ṣandalāni	صَنْدَلَا ṣandalā
Accusative	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Genitive	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَادِل ṣanādil	الصَّنَادِل aṣ-ṣanādil	صَنَادِل ṣanādil
Nominative	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu	الصَّنَادِلُ aṣ-ṣanādilu	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu
Accusative	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلَ aṣ-ṣanādila	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila
Genitive	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلِ aṣ-ṣanādili	صَنَادِلِ ṣanādili

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian cndl (čandal).

Noun

صَنْدَل • (ṣandal) m (plural صَنَادِل (ṣanādil))

2. sandalwood

Declension

Declension of noun صَنْدَل (ṣandal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَل ṣandal	الصَّنْدَل aṣ-ṣandal	صَنْدَل ṣandal
Nominative	صَنْدَلٌ ṣandalun	الصَّنْدَلُ aṣ-ṣandalu	صَنْدَلُ ṣandalu
Accusative	صَنْدَلًا ṣandalan	الصَّنْدَلَ aṣ-ṣandala	صَنْدَلَ ṣandala
Genitive	صَنْدَلٍ ṣandalin	الصَّنْدَلِ aṣ-ṣandali	صَنْدَلِ ṣandali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَلَيْن ṣandalayn	الصَّنْدَلَيْن aṣ-ṣandalayn	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Nominative	صَنْدَلَانِ ṣandalāni	الصَّنْدَلَانِ aṣ-ṣandalāni	صَنْدَلَا ṣandalā
Accusative	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Genitive	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَادِل ṣanādil	الصَّنَادِل aṣ-ṣanādil	صَنَادِل ṣanādil
Nominative	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu	الصَّنَادِلُ aṣ-ṣanādilu	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu
Accusative	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلَ aṣ-ṣanādila	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila
Genitive	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلِ aṣ-ṣanādili	صَنَادِلِ ṣanādili

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon)
  • Greek: σάνταλο (sántalo)
  • → Medieval Latin: sandalum, santalum
    • → English: sandal
    • → French: santal, sandal
      • → English: santal
      • → Czech: santál, santal, sandál
    • → Italian: sandalo
      • → German: Sandel
    • → New Latin: Santalum
    • → Portuguese: sândalo
    • → Spanish: sándalo
  • → Old East Slavic: сандалъ (sandalŭ)
    • Russian: санда́л (sandál), санта́л (santál)
• → Middle Armenian: սանտալ (santal), սանդալ (sandal)
• → Persian: صندل (sandal)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: संदल (sandal)

    Urdu: صندل (sandal)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: صندل (sendel), سندل (sendel)
    • Turkish: sandal

Etymology 3

From صَنْدَل (ṣandal, “sandal, shoe, slipper”) derived from comparing the shape of a shoe to that of a boat.

Noun

صَنْدَل • (ṣandal) m (plural صَنَادِل (ṣanādil))

1. barge, lighter, freight barge

Declension

Declension of noun صَنْدَل (ṣandal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَل ṣandal	الصَّنْدَل aṣ-ṣandal	صَنْدَل ṣandal
Nominative	صَنْدَلٌ ṣandalun	الصَّنْدَلُ aṣ-ṣandalu	صَنْدَلُ ṣandalu
Accusative	صَنْدَلًا ṣandalan	الصَّنْدَلَ aṣ-ṣandala	صَنْدَلَ ṣandala
Genitive	صَنْدَلٍ ṣandalin	الصَّنْدَلِ aṣ-ṣandali	صَنْدَلِ ṣandali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنْدَلَيْن ṣandalayn	الصَّنْدَلَيْن aṣ-ṣandalayn	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Nominative	صَنْدَلَانِ ṣandalāni	الصَّنْدَلَانِ aṣ-ṣandalāni	صَنْدَلَا ṣandalā
Accusative	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Genitive	صَنْدَلَيْنِ ṣandalayni	الصَّنْدَلَيْنِ aṣ-ṣandalayni	صَنْدَلَيْ ṣandalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَادِل ṣanādil	الصَّنَادِل aṣ-ṣanādil	صَنَادِل ṣanādil
Nominative	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu	الصَّنَادِلُ aṣ-ṣanādilu	صَنَادِلُ ṣanādilu
Accusative	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلَ aṣ-ṣanādila	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila
Genitive	صَنَادِلَ ṣanādila	الصَّنَادِلِ aṣ-ṣanādili	صَنَادِلِ ṣanādili

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal).

Alternative forms

• چندل (čandal), چندن (čandan) (inherited from Middle Persian)

Noun

صندل • (sandal)

1. sandalwood

Etymology 2

Noun

صندل • (sandal)

1. sandal, a kind of slipper

Etymology 3

Noun

صندل • (sandal)

1. a small boat employed in carrying fresh water and victuals to ships lying at a distance from shore, a bumboat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “صندل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul