عنکبوت

See also: عنكبوت

Persian

Regional synonyms of "spider"

Dari	جولا
Iranian Persian	عنکبوت
Tajik	анкабӯт, тортанак

عنکبوت

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt). Displaced native جولا (jōlā / julâ) in Iranian Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.ka.ˈbuːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.búːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.búːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.búːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.bút̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɲ.kʰʲæ.búːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.bɵ́t̪]

• Rhymes: -uːt

Readings
Classical reading?	ankabūt
Dari reading?	ankabūt
Iranian reading?	ankabut
Tajik reading?	ankabüt

Noun

عنکبوت • (ankabūt / ankabut) (plural عنکبوت‌ها (ankabūt-hā / ankabut-hâ), or عناکب (anākib / anâkeb), or عنکبوتان (ankabūtān / ankabutân), Tajik spelling анкабӯт)

1. spider

   Synonyms: (Dari) جولَا (jōlā), تارْتَنَک (târtanak)

   • late 1400s, Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, فاتحة الشباب‎^[1]:

     شد دو سه تاری که عنکبوت تنیدش
     بر در آن غار پرده دار محمد

     šud du si tārē ki ankabūt tanīd-aš
     bar dar-i ān ġār parda dār-i muhammad

     The two or three threads that the spider wove for him
     On the door of the cave, were the veil of Muhammad.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• عنکبوتی (ankabūtī / ankabuti, “spiderlike; arachnid”)
• مرد عنکبوتی (mard-i ankabūtī / mard-e ankabuti)