Sinbad

Sinbad

English

Alternative forms

• Sindbad

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِبَاد‎ (sindibād), from Middle Persian [Term?] (compare Persian سندباد‎ (sendbâd)), possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).

According to folk etymology, from سند‎ (Send) +‎ باد‎ (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد‎ (hindibād).

Proper noun

Sinbad

1. (fiction) A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.

Derived terms

• Sinbadian

Translations

fictional sailor

Arabic: سِنْدِبَاد‎ m (sindibād) Bengali: সিন্দবাদ (sindôbad) Chinese: Mandarin: 辛巴達／辛巴达 (Xīnbādá) Hindi: सिंदबाद m (sindbād), सिंबाद m (simbād) Hungarian: Szindbád (hu) Japanese: シンドバッド (Shindobaddo) Korean: 신드바드 (Sindeubadeu) Persian: سندباد‎ (fa) (sendbâd, sandbâd) Polish: Sindbad (pl) m Russian: Синдба́д m (Sindbád) Urdu: سندباد‎ m (sindabād) Uyghur: سىندىبات‎ (sindibat)

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