صندوق

Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صندوق

Borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤun.duːq/, /sˤan.duːq/
  • (Kuwaiti) IPA^(key): /sˤənˈduːɡ/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːq/

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Noun

صُنْدُوق or صَنْدُوق • (ṣundūq or ṣandūq) m (plural صَنَادِيق (ṣanādīq))

1. chest, box, trunk, crate

   Synonyms: عُلْبَة (ʕulba), تَابُوت (tābūt)

   فتحت ميشيل صندوقها الأسود القابع في أعماقها

   fataḥat mīšīlu ṣundūqa-hā l-ʔaswada al-qābiʕa fī ʔaʕmāqi-hā

   Michelle opened her rarely visited black box in the bottom of her soul

2. safe, money box, till
3. treasurer's office, public fund

   يضغط صندوق النقد الدولي على باكستان لجباية الضرائب من أصحاب الأراضي الزراعية

   yaḍġaṭu ṣundūqu an-naqdi ad-dawliyyu ʕalā bākistāna li-jibāyati aḍ-ḍarāʔibi min ʔaṣḥābi al-ʔarāḍī az-zirāʕiyyati.

   The International Monetary Fund is putting pressure on Pakistan to collect taxes from the owners of agricultural land.

Declension

Declension of noun صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq)‎; صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq	الصُّنْدُوق‎; الصَّنْدُوق aṣ-ṣundūq‎; aṣ-ṣandūq	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq
nominative	صُنْدُوقٌ‎; صَنْدُوقٌ ṣundūqun‎; ṣandūqun	الصُّنْدُوقُ‎; الصَّنْدُوقُ aṣ-ṣundūqu‎; aṣ-ṣandūqu	صُنْدُوقُ‎; صَنْدُوقُ ṣundūqu‎; ṣandūqu
accusative	صُنْدُوقًا‎; صَنْدُوقًا ṣundūqan‎; ṣandūqan	الصُّنْدُوقَ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَ aṣ-ṣundūqa‎; aṣ-ṣandūqa	صُنْدُوقَ‎; صَنْدُوقَ ṣundūqa‎; ṣandūqa
genitive	صُنْدُوقٍ‎; صَنْدُوقٍ ṣundūqin‎; ṣandūqin	الصُّنْدُوقِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقِ aṣ-ṣundūqi‎; aṣ-ṣandūqi	صُنْدُوقِ‎; صَنْدُوقِ ṣundūqi‎; ṣandūqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صُنْدُوقَيْن‎; صَنْدُوقَيْن ṣundūqayn‎; ṣandūqayn	الصُّنْدُوقَيْن‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْن aṣ-ṣundūqayn‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayn	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
nominative	صُنْدُوقَانِ‎; صَنْدُوقَانِ ṣundūqāni‎; ṣandūqāni	الصُّنْدُوقَانِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَانِ aṣ-ṣundūqāni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqāni	صُنْدُوقَا‎; صَنْدُوقَا ṣundūqā‎; ṣandūqā
accusative	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
genitive	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَنَادِيق ṣanādīq	الصَّنَادِيق aṣ-ṣanādīq	صَنَادِيق ṣanādīq
nominative	صَنَادِيقُ ṣanādīqu	الصَّنَادِيقُ aṣ-ṣanādīqu	صَنَادِيقُ ṣanādīqu
accusative	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقَ aṣ-ṣanādīqa	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa
genitive	صَنَادِيقَ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقِ aṣ-ṣanādīqi	صَنَادِيقِ ṣanādīqi

Derived terms

• أَبُو صُنْدُوق (ʔabū ṣundūq)
• صَنَادِيقِيّ (ṣanādīqiyy)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: صندوق (sandūʔ, sundūʔ)
• Gulf Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūg)
• Hijazi Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūg)
• Juba Arabic: sonduk
• Maltese: senduq
• Moroccan Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūq)
• South Levantine Arabic: صندوق (sandūʔ)
• Sudanese Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūg)
• → Amharic: ሳንዱቅ (sanduḳ)
  • → Oromo: saanduqa
  • → Tigrinya: ሳንዱቕ (sandux̣)
• → Classical Persian: صَنْدُوق (sandūq)
  • → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
  • → Azerbaijani: sandıq
  • → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
  • → Bengali: সিন্দুক (śinduk)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: संदूक़ (sandūq), सन्दूक़ (sandūq), संदूक (sandūk), सन्दूक (sandūk) — nuqtaless

    Urdu: صَنْدُوق (sandūq)

  • → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
  • → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
  • → Odia: ସିନ୍ଦୁକ (sinduka)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صَنْدُوق (sandûk)
    • Turkish: sandık
    • → Albanian: sënduk
    • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandắk)
    • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
    • → Romanian: sunduc
    • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
      • → Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
      • → Russenorsk: sondok
    • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
  • → Pashto: صَنْدُوق (sandúq)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਦੂਕ਼ (sandūq), ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk) — nuqtaless

    Shahmukhi script: صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

  • → Turkmen: sandyk
  • → Chagatai:
    • Uyghur: ساندۇق (sanduq)
    • Uzbek: sandiq
• → Classical Syriac: ܨܢܕܘܩܐ (ṣandūqā), ܣܢܕܘܩܐ (sandūqā)
• → Georgian: ზანდუკი (zanduḳi)
• → Kabyle: asenduq
• → Old Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk)
  • → Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk), սնտուկ (sntuk)
• → Hausa: sàndūƙī̀
• → Mabaan: canduuk
• → Sango: sandûku
• → Somali: sanduuq
• → Swahili: sanduku
  • → Kikuyu: ithandũkũ
  • → Kituba: sandúku
  • → Lingala: sandúku

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “սնդուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 236b
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صندوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

Egyptian Arabic صندوق

Inherited from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːʔ/, /sˤɐn.ˈduːʔ/

Noun

صَنْدُوق • (ṣandūʔ) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīʔ))

1. box, chest

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

Hijazi Arabic صندوق

Inherited from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːɡ/

Noun

صَنْدُوق • (ṣandūg) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīg))

1. box, chest

Ottoman Turkish

صندوق

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)bor.

Ottoman Turkish صندوق

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Noun

صندوق • (sandık or sanduk) (definite accusative صندوغی (sandığı, sanduğu), plural صندوقلر (sandıklar, sanduklar))

1. chest, trunk, case, coffer, any large box for storing personal possessions

   Synonym: قوطی (kutu, kutı)

2. cofferdam, a temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation

Derived terms

• احتیاط صندوغی (ihtiât sandığı, “reserve box”)
• اداره صندوغی (idâre sandığı, “savings bank”)
• اعتبار صندوغی (iʼtibar sandığı, “credit bank”)
• امنیت صندوغی (emniyet sandığı, “mount of piety”)
• تقاعد صندوغی (tekâʼüd sandığı, “pension fund”)
• صندوق آتمق (sandık atmak, “to construct a cofferdam”)
• صندوق امینی (sandık emini, “cashier”)
• صندوق بالغی (sandık balığı, “boxfish, cofferfish”)
• صندوق سپت (sandık sepet, “bag and baggage”)
• صندوقجی (sandıkcı, “maker or seller of chests”)
• صندوقكار (sandıkkâr, “assistant to the cashier”)
• صندوقلو (sandıklı, “furnished with boxes or chests”)
• صندوقچه (sandukçe, “a small box”)
• قوش صندوغی (kuş sandığı, “a bird organ”)
• كلیدلو صندوق (kilidli sandık, “mysterious thing”, literally “locked chest”)
• مال صندوغی (mal sandığı, “treasury department or office”)
• میشه صندوق (meşe sandık, “oaken coffer”)
• پوسته صندوغی (posta sandığı, “mailbox”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sandık
• → Albanian: sënduk
• → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandắk)
• → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
• → Romanian: sunduc
• → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
  • → Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
  • → Russenorsk: sondok
• → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “صندوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 219
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sandık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4058
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “صندوق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 303a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صندوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Capsa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 149
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “صندوق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2992
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sandık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صندوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)bor.

Persian صندوق

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /san.ˈduːq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæn̪.d̪úːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sän̪.d̪úq]

• Rhymes: -uːq

Readings
Classical reading?	sandūq
Dari reading?	sandūq
Iranian reading?	sanduġ
Tajik reading?	sanduq

Noun

صندوق • (sandūq / sanduġ) (plural صندوق‌ها (sandūq-hā / sanduġ-hâ), or صنادیق, Tajik spelling сандуқ)

1. box, trunk, case, chest, casket
2. till, cash register

Derived terms

• صندوقچه (sanduqče)
• صندوقدار (sanduqdâr)

Descendants

• → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
• → Azerbaijani: sandıq
• → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
• → Bengali: সিন্দুক (śinduk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: संदूक़ (sandūq), सन्दूक़ (sandūq), संदूक (sandūk), सन्दूक (sandūk) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: صَنْدُوق (sandūq)

• → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
• → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
• → Odia: ସିନ୍ଦୁକ (sinduka)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صَنْدُوق (sandûk)
  • Turkish: sandık
  • → Albanian: sënduk
  • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandắk)
  • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
  • → Romanian: sunduc
  • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
    • → Solombala English: сундукъ (sunduk)
    • → Russenorsk: sondok
  • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
• → Pashto: صَنْدُوق (sandúq)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਦੂਕ਼ (sandūq), ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk) — nuqtaless

  Shahmukhi script: صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

• → Turkmen: sandyk
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ساندۇق (sanduq)
  • Uzbek: sandiq

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)bor.

Classical Persian صَنْدُوق (sandūq)bor.

Sindhi صندوق

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَنْدُوق (sandūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sən.d̪uː.kə/, [sən.d̪uːk]

Noun

صَنْدُوقَ • (ṣandūqa) f (Devanagari संदूक़)

1. box, trunk

Declension

Declension of صَنْدُوقَ (fem a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	صَنْدُوقَ ṣandūqa	صَنْدُوقُون, صَنْدُوقان1 ṣandūqū̃, ṣandūqā̃1
oblique	صَنْدُوقَ ṣandūqa	صَنْدُوقُنِ, صَنْدُوقان1 ṣandūquni, ṣandūqā̃1
vocative	صَنْدُوقَ ṣandūqa	صَنْدُوقُون, صَنْدُوقان1 ṣandūqū̃, ṣandūqā̃1

¹Siroli.

Further reading

• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “صندوق”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[6]

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• سندوق (sandūʔ)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

South Levantine Arabic صندوق

Inherited from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /sˤan.duːʔ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /sˤan.duːɡ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːɡ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

صندوق • (ṣandūʔ) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīʔ))

1. box, chest
2. boot, trunk (of a car)
3. cash register

   Synonym: صندوق مسجل (sandūʔ musajjel)

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

Sudanese Arabic صندوق

Inherited from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Noun

صندوق • (ṣandūg) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīg))

1. box, chest

References

• Hillelson, Sigmar (1925), Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[7], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 36

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)bor.

Classical Persian صَنْدُوق (sandūq)bor.

Urdu صندوق

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَنْدُوق (sandūq), borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Noun

صَنْدُوق • (sandūq) m or f (Hindi spelling संदूक़)

1. box, trunk, coffer, chest, casket

Related terms

• صندوقچہ (sandūqca)
• صندوقچی (sandūqcī)