قنبلة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قُنْبُرَة (qunbura), قُنْبَرَة (qunbara) — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qun.bu.la/

Noun

قُنْبُلَة • (qunbula) f (plural قُنْبُلَات (qunbulāt) or قَنَابِل (qanābil))

1. bomb, grenade

Declension

Declension of noun قُنْبُلَة (qunbula)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُنْبُلَة qunbula	الْقُنْبُلَة al-qunbula	قُنْبُلَة qunbulat
nominative	قُنْبُلَةٌ qunbulatun	الْقُنْبُلَةُ al-qunbulatu	قُنْبُلَةُ qunbulatu
accusative	قُنْبُلَةً qunbulatan	الْقُنْبُلَةَ al-qunbulata	قُنْبُلَةَ qunbulata
genitive	قُنْبُلَةٍ qunbulatin	الْقُنْبُلَةِ al-qunbulati	قُنْبُلَةِ qunbulati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُنْبُلَتَيْن qunbulatayn	الْقُنْبُلَتَيْن al-qunbulatayn	قُنْبُلَتَيْ qunbulatay
nominative	قُنْبُلَتَانِ qunbulatāni	الْقُنْبُلَتَانِ al-qunbulatāni	قُنْبُلَتَا qunbulatā
accusative	قُنْبُلَتَيْنِ qunbulatayni	الْقُنْبُلَتَيْنِ al-qunbulatayni	قُنْبُلَتَيْ qunbulatay
genitive	قُنْبُلَتَيْنِ qunbulatayni	الْقُنْبُلَتَيْنِ al-qunbulatayni	قُنْبُلَتَيْ qunbulatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُنْبُلَات‎; قَنَابِل qunbulāt‎; qanābil	الْقُنْبُلَات‎; الْقَنَابِل al-qunbulāt‎; al-qanābil	قُنْبُلَات‎; قَنَابِل qunbulāt‎; qanābil
nominative	قُنْبُلَاتٌ‎; قَنَابِلُ qunbulātun‎; qanābilu	الْقُنْبُلَاتُ‎; الْقَنَابِلُ al-qunbulātu‎; al-qanābilu	قُنْبُلَاتُ‎; قَنَابِلُ qunbulātu‎; qanābilu
accusative	قُنْبُلَاتٍ‎; قَنَابِلَ qunbulātin‎; qanābila	الْقُنْبُلَاتِ‎; الْقَنَابِلَ al-qunbulāti‎; al-qanābila	قُنْبُلَاتِ‎; قَنَابِلَ qunbulāti‎; qanābila
genitive	قُنْبُلَاتٍ‎; قَنَابِلَ qunbulātin‎; qanābila	الْقُنْبُلَاتِ‎; الْقَنَابِلِ al-qunbulāti‎; al-qanābili	قُنْبُلَاتِ‎; قَنَابِلِ qunbulāti‎; qanābili

Derived terms

• قُنْبُلَة مَوْقُوتَة (qunbula(t) mawqūta, “time bomb”)

Descendants

• → Swahili: kombora

References

• Procházka, Stephan (2009), “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 590

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡun.bu.la/, [ɡʊmbʊla]

Noun

قُنْبُلة • (gunbula) f (plural قَنابِل (ganābil))

1. bomb, grenade