زنفيلجة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja), زَنْفَلِيجَة (zanfalīja)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian زینپیله* (zīn-pēle) from زین (zīn, “saddle”) + پیله (pēle, “bag, sack”) (later پاله (pāle) wherewith the form زِنْفَالَجَة (zinfālaja)). Unrelated to Arabic زِنْبِيل (zinbīl, “frail, basket”).
Noun
زِنْفِيلَجَة • (zinfīlaja) f
(obsolete)
- haversack, satchel, pouch, case
Declension
Declension of noun زِنْفِيلَجَة (zinfīlaja)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlaja | الزِّنْفِيلَجَة az-zinfīlaja | زِنْفِيلَجَة zinfīlajat |
| Nominative | زِنْفِيلَجَةٌ zinfīlajatun | الزِّنْفِيلَجَةُ az-zinfīlajatu | زِنْفِيلَجَةُ zinfīlajatu |
| Accusative | زِنْفِيلَجَةً zinfīlajatan | الزِّنْفِيلَجَةَ az-zinfīlajata | زِنْفِيلَجَةَ zinfīlajata |
| Genitive | زِنْفِيلَجَةٍ zinfīlajatin | الزِّنْفِيلَجَةِ az-zinfīlajati | زِنْفِيلَجَةِ zinfīlajati |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “زنفيلجة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 259
- Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 68