صنوبر
Arabic
صَنَوْبَر
Etymology
From the root ص ن ب ر (ṣ-n-b-r) meaning “bitter cold”, “weather requiring hardiness to endure”, a variant of ص ب ر (ṣ-b-r) “enduring”, “patient”, “persevering”; so named for the tree being a winter-enduring evergreen tree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤa.naw.bar/
- (Hijazi) IPA(key): /sˤu.noː.bar/
- (Palestinian) IPA(key): /snoː.bar/
Noun
صَنَوْبَر • (ṣanawbar) m (collective, singulative صَنَوْبَرَة f (ṣanawbara))
- pine, pine tree
- pine nut
Declension
Declension of noun صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صَنَوْبَر ṣanawbar | الصَّنَوْبَر aṣ-ṣanawbar | صَنَوْبَر ṣanawbar |
| Nominative | صَنَوْبَرٌ ṣanawbarun | الصَّنَوْبَرُ aṣ-ṣanawbaru | صَنَوْبَرُ ṣanawbaru |
| Accusative | صَنَوْبَرًا ṣanawbaran | الصَّنَوْبَرَ aṣ-ṣanawbara | صَنَوْبَرَ ṣanawbara |
| Genitive | صَنَوْبَرٍ ṣanawbarin | الصَّنَوْبَرِ aṣ-ṣanawbari | صَنَوْبَرِ ṣanawbari |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صَنَوْبَرَة ṣanawbara | الصَّنَوْبَرَة aṣ-ṣanawbara | صَنَوْبَرَة ṣanawbarat |
| Nominative | صَنَوْبَرَةٌ ṣanawbaratun | الصَّنَوْبَرَةُ aṣ-ṣanawbaratu | صَنَوْبَرَةُ ṣanawbaratu |
| Accusative | صَنَوْبَرَةً ṣanawbaratan | الصَّنَوْبَرَةَ aṣ-ṣanawbarata | صَنَوْبَرَةَ ṣanawbarata |
| Genitive | صَنَوْبَرَةٍ ṣanawbaratin | الصَّنَوْبَرَةِ aṣ-ṣanawbarati | صَنَوْبَرَةِ ṣanawbarati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْن ṣanawbaratayn | الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْن aṣ-ṣanawbaratayn | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ ṣanawbaratay |
| Nominative | صَنَوْبَرَتَانِ ṣanawbaratāni | الصَّنَوْبَرَتَانِ aṣ-ṣanawbaratāni | صَنَوْبَرَتَا ṣanawbaratā |
| Accusative | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ ṣanawbaratayni | الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanawbaratayni | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ ṣanawbaratay |
| Genitive | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ ṣanawbaratayni | الصَّنَوْبَرَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanawbaratayni | صَنَوْبَرَتَيْ ṣanawbaratay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صَنَوْبَرَات ṣanawbarāt | الصَّنَوْبَرَات aṣ-ṣanawbarāt | صَنَوْبَرَات ṣanawbarāt |
| Nominative | صَنَوْبَرَاتٌ ṣanawbarātun | الصَّنَوْبَرَاتُ aṣ-ṣanawbarātu | صَنَوْبَرَاتُ ṣanawbarātu |
| Accusative | صَنَوْبَرَاتٍ ṣanawbarātin | الصَّنَوْبَرَاتِ aṣ-ṣanawbarāti | صَنَوْبَرَاتِ ṣanawbarāti |
| Genitive | صَنَوْبَرَاتٍ ṣanawbarātin | الصَّنَوْبَرَاتِ aṣ-ṣanawbarāti | صَنَوْبَرَاتِ ṣanawbarāti |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: սոնոպար (sonopar)
- → Old Georgian: სანობარი (sanobari)
- → Persian: صنوبر
- → Hindi: सनोवर (sanovar), सनोबर (sanobar)
- → Hebrew: צנובר
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “صنوبر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 616
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “صنبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1730-1731
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 40–47
Hijazi Arabic
صُنوبَر
Etymology
From Arabic صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤuˈnoːbar/
Noun
صُنوبَر • (ṣunōbar) m pl
- pine, pine tree
- pine nut
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar, “pine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sanawbaɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /sanawbaɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /senowbæɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /sanavbaɾ/
Noun
صنوبر • (senowbar)
- poplar
- (archaic) pine
- Synonym: کاج (kâj)
- (poetic, figuratively, mainly in compounds) the slender and graceful beloved
- Synonym: سرو (sarv, literally “cypress”)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 11”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
- چندان بود کرشمه و نازِ سهی‌قدان
کآید به جلوه سرو صنوبرخرام ما- čandān buwad kirišma wu nāz-i sahī-qaddān
k-āyad ba jalwa sarw-i sanawbar-xarām-i mā - The coyness and coquetry of those straight-standing ones last only so long
Until my cypress comes in splendor with pine-like stride.
- čandān buwad kirišma wu nāz-i sahī-qaddān
Descendants
- → Hindi: सनोवर (sanovar), सनोबर (sanobar)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “صنوبر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
South Levantine Arabic
صنوبر
Etymology
From Arabic صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar).
Noun
صنوبر • (ṣnōbar) m (collective)
- (collective) pine nuts
- (collective) pines, pine trees
- شجرة صنوبر ― šajret ṣnōbar ― a pine tree