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 (gmbetʻ) and Georgian გუმბათი (gumbati), Iranian borrowings. Akin to Chinese 拱北 (Gǒngběi), a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʊmˈbæð], [ɡʊmˈbæd]
• 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 (kömbəź)
• Bengali: গম্বুজ (gombuj)
• 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 (1931–) “گنبد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• 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
• گنبد on Wikipedia.Wikipedia