گنبد

Persian

گنبد

Alternative forms

• گنبذ‎ (gonbaḏ, gonbaz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gwmbt' /gumbad/, “dome, fire-temple”), from Classical Syriac ܩܘܒܬܐ‎ (qubbəṯā). Compare Old Armenian գմբեթ (gmbetʿ) and Georgian გუმბათი (gumbati), Iranian borrowings. Akin to Chinese 拱北, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡumbad/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɡʊmbad/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡombæd/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɡumbad/

Noun

Dari Persian	گنبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гунбаз (gunbaz)

گنبد • (gonbad) (plural گنبدها‎ (gonbad-hâ))

1. (archaic) domed building, such as a mausoleum or palace
2. (architecture) dome, cupola, vault

   Synonyms: قبه‎ (qobbe), کوپله‎ (kupale) (archaic)

Derived terms

• گنبده‎ (gonbade)
• گنبدی‎ (gonbadi)
• گنبدی‌شکل‎ (gonbadi-šekl)
• گنبددار‎ (gonbad-dâr)
• گنبدمانند‎ (gonbad-mânand)
• گنبد زدن‎ (gonbad zadan)
• گنبد کردن‎ (gonbad kardan)

Descendants

• → Arabic: جُنْبَد‎ (jumbad), جُنْبَذ‎ (jumbaḏ), جُنْبُذ‎ m (jumbuḏ)
• → Azerbaijani: günbəz / گنبذ‎
• → Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbäð)
• → Bengali: গম্বুজ (gômbuj)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: गुम्बद (gumbad), गुम्बज़ (gumbaz)
  • Urdu: گنبد‎ (gumbad), گنبذ‎ (gumbaz)
• → Kannada: ಗುಮ್ಮಟ (gummaṭa)
• → Kazakh: күмбез (kümbez)
• → Kyrgyz: күмбөз (kümböz)
• → Nogai: куьмбез (kümbez)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كمبد‎ (kümbed)
  • Turkish: kümbet
• → Turkmen: gümmez
• → Uzbek: gumbaz

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar, “گنبد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–
• Steingass, Francis Joseph, “گنبد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary‎^[1], London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892
• MacKenzie, D. N., “gumbad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1971

Further reading

• Gonbad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fa:گنبد on Wikipedia.Wikipedia