زنبق

زنبق

Arabic

زَنْبَق

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /*čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka), from Malayo-Polynesian, reflected in Javanese cĕmpaka, Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zan.baq/

Noun

زَنْبَق • (zanbaq) m (collective, singulative زَنْبَقَة‎ f (zanbaqa), plural زَنَابِق‎ (zanābiq))

1. lily
2. iris

Declension

Declension of noun زَنْبَق (zanbaq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَق zanbaq	الزَّنْبَق‎ az-zanbaq	زَنْبَق zanbaq
Nominative	زَنْبَقٌ zanbaqun	الزَّنْبَقُ‎ az-zanbaqu	زَنْبَقُ zanbaqu
Accusative	زَنْبَقًا‎ zanbaqan	الزَّنْبَقَ‎ az-zanbaqa	زَنْبَقَ zanbaqa
Genitive	زَنْبَقٍ zanbaqin	الزَّنْبَقِ‎ az-zanbaqi	زَنْبَقِ zanbaqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَة‎ zanbaqa	الزَّنْبَقَة‎ az-zanbaqa	زَنْبَقَة‎ zanbaqat
Nominative	زَنْبَقَةٌ‎ zanbaqatun	الزَّنْبَقَةُ‎ az-zanbaqatu	زَنْبَقَةُ‎ zanbaqatu
Accusative	زَنْبَقَةً‎ zanbaqatan	الزَّنْبَقَةَ‎ az-zanbaqata	زَنْبَقَةَ‎ zanbaqata
Genitive	زَنْبَقَةٍ‎ zanbaqatin	الزَّنْبَقَةِ‎ az-zanbaqati	زَنْبَقَةِ‎ zanbaqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَتَيْن‎ zanbaqatayn	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْن‎ az-zanbaqatayn	زَنْبَقَتَيْ‎ zanbaqatay
Nominative	زَنْبَقَتَانِ‎ zanbaqatāni	الزَّنْبَقَتَانِ‎ az-zanbaqatāni	زَنْبَقَتَا‎ zanbaqatā
Accusative	زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ‎ zanbaqatayni	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ‎ az-zanbaqatayni	زَنْبَقَتَيْ‎ zanbaqatay
Genitive	زَنْبَقَتَيْنِ‎ zanbaqatayni	الزَّنْبَقَتَيْنِ‎ az-zanbaqatayni	زَنْبَقَتَيْ‎ zanbaqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنْبَقَات‎ zanbaqāt	الزَّنْبَقَات‎ az-zanbaqāt	زَنْبَقَات‎ zanbaqāt
Nominative	زَنْبَقَاتٌ‎ zanbaqātun	الزَّنْبَقَاتُ‎ az-zanbaqātu	زَنْبَقَاتُ‎ zanbaqātu
Accusative	زَنْبَقَاتٍ‎ zanbaqātin	الزَّنْبَقَاتِ‎ az-zanbaqāti	زَنْبَقَاتِ‎ zanbaqāti
Genitive	زَنْبَقَاتٍ‎ zanbaqātin	الزَّنْبَقَاتِ‎ az-zanbaqāti	زَنْبَقَاتِ‎ zanbaqāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَنَابِق‎ zanābiq	الزَّنَابِق‎ az-zanābiq	زَنَابِق‎ zanābiq
Nominative	زَنَابِقُ‎ zanābiqu	الزَّنَابِقُ‎ az-zanābiqu	زَنَابِقُ‎ zanābiqu
Accusative	زَنَابِقَ‎ zanābiqa	الزَّنَابِقَ‎ az-zanābiqa	زَنَابِقَ‎ zanābiqa
Genitive	زَنَابِقَ‎ zanābiqa	الزَّنَابِقِ‎ az-zanābiqi	زَنَابِقِ‎ zanābiqi

Descendants

• → Persian: زنبق‎ (see there for further descendants)

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زانبق‎ (zambak), زنباق‎ (zambak)

Etymology

From Persian زنبق‎ (zambaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑmˈbɑk/

Noun

زنبق • (zambak)

1. lily
2. iris

Descendants

• Turkish: zambak
• → Albanian: zambak
• → Aromanian: zãmbácã
• → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
• → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
• → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
• → Romanian: zambác
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: замбак

  Latin: zambak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زنبق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 647b
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “زنبق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 482b

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَنْبَق‎ (zanbaq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), related to Urdu چمپا‎ / Hindi चंपा (campā), Punjabi چمپا‎ (čampā, “jasmine in the broad sense”), which has been borrowed into Persian as چمپا‎ (čampā, “jasmine”). All via Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka) from Javanese cĕmpaka or another Malayo-Polynesian language, as reflected in Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zamˈbaq/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zæmˈbæɢ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /zamˈbaq/

Noun

زنبق • (zambaq) (plural زنبق‌ها‎ (zambaq-hâ))

1. the flower iris

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zambaq, zanbaq
• → Georgian: ზამბახი (zambaxi)
• → Middle Armenian: զամբաղ (zambał), զամպաղ (zampał), զամպախ (zampax)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زنبق‎ (zambak), زانبق‎ (zambak), زنباق‎ (zambak)
  • Turkish: zambak
  • → Albanian: zambak
  • → Aromanian: zãmbácã
  • → Bulgarian: замба́к (zambák), самба́к (sambák), дзъмба́к (dzǎmbák), тъмба́к (tǎmbák), зомба́к (zombák)
  • → Greek: ζαμπάκι (zampáki), τσαμπάκι (tsampáki)
  • → Macedonian: замбак (zambak)
  • → Romanian: zambác
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: замбак

    Latin: zambak

See also

• سوسن‎ (sôsan, sousan)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճանբակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 187
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 1371, page 96