عنبر

See also: عنتر

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan.bar/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m

1. ambergris
2. ellipsis of حُوت الْعَنْبَر (ḥūt al-ʕanbar, “sperm whale, cachalot”).

Declension

Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَر ʕanbar	الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar	عَنْبَر ʕanbar
Nominative	عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun	الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru	عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru
Accusative	عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran	الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara	عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara
Genitive	عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin	الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari	عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari

References

• Jacob, Georg (1886) Der Bernstein bei den Arabern des Mittelalters‎^[1], Berlin: Carl Fraenkel

Etymology 2

From Persian انبار (ambâr).

Alternative forms

• أَنْبار (ʔanbār)

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m (plural عَنَابِر (ʕanābir))

1. storeroom, stowage; depot; hangar

Declension

Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَر ʕanbar	الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar	عَنْبَر ʕanbar
Nominative	عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun	الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru	عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru
Accusative	عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran	الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara	عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara
Genitive	عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin	الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari	عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَرَيْن ʕanbarayn	الْعَنْبَرَيْن al-ʕanbarayn	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Nominative	عَنْبَرَانِ ʕanbarāni	الْعَنْبَرَانِ al-ʕanbarāni	عَنْبَرَا ʕanbarā
Accusative	عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni	الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Genitive	عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni	الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَابِر ʕanābir	الْعَنَابِر al-ʕanābir	عَنَابِر ʕanābir
Nominative	عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru	الْعَنَابِرُ al-ʕanābiru	عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru
Accusative	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira	الْعَنَابِرَ al-ʕanābira	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira
Genitive	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira	الْعَنَابِرِ al-ʕanābiri	عَنَابِرِ ʕanābiri

References

• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 12