صندوق

صندوق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic צנדוק‎ (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤun.duːq/, /sˤan.duːq/
  • (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /sˤənˈduːɡ/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /sˤan.duːq/

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Noun

صُنْدُوق or صَنْدُوق • (ṣundūq or ṣandūq) m (plural صَنَادِيق‎ (ṣanādīq))

1. chest, box, trunk, crate

   ‏فتحت ميشيل صندوقها الأسود القابع في أعماقها‎

   fataḥat mīšīlu ṣundūqa-hā l-ʾaswada al-qābiʿa fī ʾaʿmāqi-hā

   Michelle opened her rarely visited black box in the bottom of her soul

2. safe, money box, till
3. treasurer's office, public fund

   ‏يضغط صندوق النقد الدولي على باكستان لجباية الضرائب من أصحاب الأراضي الزراعية‎

   yaḍġaṭu ṣundūqu an-naqdi ad-dawliyyu ʿalā bākistāna li-jibāyati aḍ-ḍarāʾibi min ʾaṣḥābi al-ʾarāḍī az-zirāʿiyyati.

   The International Monetary Fund is putting pressure on Pakistan to collect taxes from the owners of agricultural land.

Declension

Declension of noun صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq)‎; صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq	الصُّنْدُوق‎‎; الصَّنْدُوق‎ aṣ-ṣundūq‎; aṣ-ṣandūq	صُنْدُوق‎; صَنْدُوق ṣundūq‎; ṣandūq
Nominative	صُنْدُوقٌ‎; صَنْدُوقٌ ṣundūqun‎; ṣandūqun	الصُّنْدُوقُ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقُ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqu‎; aṣ-ṣandūqu	صُنْدُوقُ‎; صَنْدُوقُ ṣundūqu‎; ṣandūqu
Accusative	صُنْدُوقًا‎‎; صَنْدُوقًا‎ ṣundūqan‎; ṣandūqan	الصُّنْدُوقَ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقَ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqa‎; aṣ-ṣandūqa	صُنْدُوقَ‎; صَنْدُوقَ ṣundūqa‎; ṣandūqa
Genitive	صُنْدُوقٍ‎; صَنْدُوقٍ ṣundūqin‎; ṣandūqin	الصُّنْدُوقِ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقِ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqi‎; aṣ-ṣandūqi	صُنْدُوقِ‎; صَنْدُوقِ ṣundūqi‎; ṣandūqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُنْدُوقَيْن‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْن‎ ṣundūqayn‎; ṣandūqayn	الصُّنْدُوقَيْن‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣundūqayn‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayn	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ‎ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Nominative	صُنْدُوقَانِ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَانِ‎ ṣundūqāni‎; ṣandūqāni	الصُّنْدُوقَانِ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqāni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqāni	صُنْدُوقَا‎‎; صَنْدُوقَا‎ ṣundūqā‎; ṣandūqā
Accusative	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ‎ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ‎ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Genitive	صُنْدُوقَيْنِ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْنِ‎ ṣundūqayni‎; ṣandūqayni	الصُّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎‎; الصَّنْدُوقَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣundūqayni‎; aṣ-ṣandūqayni	صُنْدُوقَيْ‎‎; صَنْدُوقَيْ‎ ṣundūqay‎; ṣandūqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَادِيق‎ ṣanādīq	الصَّنَادِيق‎ aṣ-ṣanādīq	صَنَادِيق‎ ṣanādīq
Nominative	صَنَادِيقُ‎ ṣanādīqu	الصَّنَادِيقُ‎ aṣ-ṣanādīqu	صَنَادِيقُ‎ ṣanādīqu
Accusative	صَنَادِيقَ‎ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقَ‎ aṣ-ṣanādīqa	صَنَادِيقَ‎ ṣanādīqa
Genitive	صَنَادِيقَ‎ ṣanādīqa	الصَّنَادِيقِ‎ aṣ-ṣanādīqi	صَنَادِيقِ‎ ṣanādīqi

Synonyms

• عُلْبَة‎ (ʿulba)
• تَابُوت‎ (tābūt)

Derived terms

• صَنَادِيقِيّ‎ (ṣanādīqiyy)
• أَبُو صُنْدُوق‎ (ʾabū ṣundūq)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: صندوق‎ (sándūʾ, súndūʾ)
• Gulf Arabic: صندوق‎ (ṣandūg)
• Juba Arabic: sonduk
• Maltese: senduq
• → Amharic: ሳንዱቅ (sanduḳ)
  • → Oromo: saanduqa
  • → Tigrinya: ሳንዱቕ (sanduḳʰ)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܨܢܕܘܩܐ‎ (ṣandūqā), ܣܢܕܘܩܐ‎ (sandūqā)
• → Georgian: ზანდუკი (zanduḳi)
• → Kabyle: asenduq
• → Old Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk)
  • Armenian: սնդուկ (snduk), սնտուկ (sntuk)
• → Persian: صندوق‎ (sanduq)
  • → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
  • → Azerbaijani: sandıq
  • → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सन्दूक़ (sandūq)

    Urdu: صندوق‎ (sandūq)

  • → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
  • → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صندوق‎ (sanduk)
    • Turkish: sandık
    • → Albanian: sënduk
    • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
    • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
    • → Romanian: sunduc
    • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
  • → Pashto: صندوق‎ (sandúq)
  • → Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk)
  • → Uyghur: ساندۇق‎ (sanduq)
  • → Uzbek: sandiq
• → Hausa: sàndūƙī̀
• → Mabaan: canduuk
• → Sango: sandûku
• → Somali: sanduuq
• → Swahili: sanduku
  • → Kikuyu: ithandũkũ
  • → Kituba: sandúku
  • → Lingala: sandúku

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սնդուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 236b
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صندوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق‎ (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤanˈduːɡ/

Noun

صَنْدُوق • (ṣandūg) m (plural صناديق‎ (ṣanādīg))

1. box, chest

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian صندوق‎ (sanduq), from Arabic صُنْدُوق‎ (ṣundūq).

Noun

صندوق • (sandûk)

1. box, case, chest, casket

Descendants

• Turkish: sandık
• → Albanian: sënduk
• → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
• → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
• → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
• → Romanian: sunduc
• → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُنْدُوق‎ (ṣundūq).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sanˈduːq/

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /sanˈduq/

Noun

Dari	صندوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сандуқ (sanduq)

صندوق • (sanduq) (plural صندوق‌ها‎ (sanduq-hâ) or صنادیق‎)

1. box, trunk, case, chest, casket
2. till, cash register

Derived terms

• صندوقچه‎ (sanduqče)
• صندوقدار‎ (sanduqdar)

Descendants

• → Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk)
• → Azerbaijani: sandıq
• → Bashkir: һандыҡ (handıq)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सन्दूक़ (sandūq)

  Urdu: صندوق‎ (sandūq)

• → Kannada: ಸಂದೂಕ (sandūka)
• → Kazakh: сандық (sandyq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صندوق‎ (sanduk)
  • Turkish: sandık
  • → Albanian: sënduk
  • → Bulgarian: сандъ́к (sandǎ́k)
  • → Macedonian: са́ндак (sándak)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: са̀ндук / sànduk
  • → Romanian: sunduc
  • → Russian: сунду́к (sundúk) (via Turkic)
• → Pashto: صندوق‎ (sandúq)
• → Punjabi: ਸੰਦੂਕ (sandūk)
• → Uyghur: ساندۇق‎ (sanduq)
• → Uzbek: sandiq

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South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• سندوق‎ (sandūʔ)

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق‎ (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /sˤan.duːʔ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /sˤan.duːɡ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːɡ]

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Noun

صندوق • (ṣandūʔ) m (plural صناديق‎ (ṣanādīʔ))

1. box, chest
2. boot, trunk (of a car)
3. cash register

   Synonym: صندوق مسجل‎ (sandūʔ musajjel)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian صندوق‎ (sanduq), from Arabic صُنْدُوق‎ (ṣundūq).

Noun

صندوق • (sandūq) m (Hindi spelling सन्दूक़)

1. box, trunk, coffer, chest, casket

Related terms

• صندوقچہ‎ (sandūqca)
• صندوقچی‎ (sandūqcī)