دنب
See also: دنت and ذنب
Persian
Alternative forms
- دم (dom), دمب (domb)
Etymology
From Middle Persian dwm(b') (/dum(b)/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀 (duma, “penis”), Kurdish [script needed] (dūw) [script needed] (dunk), Baluchi دمب (domb), Sarikoli [script needed] (δüm), Wakhi [script needed] (dümbá), Pashto لم (lëm, “tail of sheep”), Ossetian дымæг (dymæg), Sogdian dwnp'k (δum/nb/pe).
Perhaps cognate with Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top, summit”) (whence English top). Also akin to Old Armenian դմակ (dmak, “fat tail of sheep”), an Iranian borrowing.
For the sense development compare Old Armenian ձետ (jet).
Pronunciation
- Vocalised Persian: دُنْب
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /dunb/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /dʊnb/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /donb/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /dunb/
Noun
دنب • (donb)
- tail
Related terms
- دنبه (donbe)
- دنبال (donbâl)
- دنباله (donbâle)
- دنبل (donbal)
- دنبلان (donbalân)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dwm(b')”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 28
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “dumb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 227
- Nourai, Ali (2011), “دم”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 112
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 128
- Gharib, B. (1995), “dwnp'k”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 146
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 144