گنبد

Persian

Alternative forms

• گنبذ‎ (gombaḏ, gombaz)
• гунбад (gunbad), гунбаз (gunbaz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 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): [ɡʊmˈbæð], [ɡʊmˈbæd]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡomˈbæd]

Noun

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

گنبد

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

Synonyms

• (dome): قبه‎ (qobbe), کوپله‎ (kupale) (archaic)

Derived terms

• گنبده‎ (gombade)
• گنبدی‎ (gombadi)
• گنبدی‌شکل‎ (gombadi-šekl)
• گنبددار‎ (gombad-dâr)
• گنبدمانند‎ (gombad-mânand)
• گنبد زدن‎ (gombad zadan)
• گنبد کردن‎ (gombad kardan)

Descendants

• Arabic: جُنْبَد‎ (jumbad), جُنْبَذ‎ (jumbaḏ), جُنْبُذ‎ m (jumbuḏ)
• Azerbaijani: günbəz / گنبذ‎
• Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbäð)
• Bengali: গম্বুজ (gambuja)
• 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

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

Further reading

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