منبع

منبع

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن ب ع‎ (n-b-ʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.ba.ʕun/

Noun

مَنْبَعٌ • (manbaʿun) m (plural مَنَابِعُ‎ (manābiʿu))

1. source

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْبَع (manbaʿ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْبَع manbaʿ	الْمَنْبَع‎ al-manbaʿ	مَنْبَع manbaʿ
Nominative	مَنْبَعٌ manbaʿun	الْمَنْبَعُ‎ al-manbaʿu	مَنْبَعُ manbaʿu
Accusative	مَنْبَعًا‎ manbaʿan	الْمَنْبَعَ‎ al-manbaʿa	مَنْبَعَ manbaʿa
Genitive	مَنْبَعٍ manbaʿin	الْمَنْبَعِ‎ al-manbaʿi	مَنْبَعِ manbaʿi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْبَعَيْن‎ manbaʿayn	الْمَنْبَعَيْن‎ al-manbaʿayn	مَنْبَعَيْ‎ manbaʿay
Nominative	مَنْبَعَانِ‎ manbaʿāni	الْمَنْبَعَانِ‎ al-manbaʿāni	مَنْبَعَا‎ manbaʿā
Accusative	مَنْبَعَيْنِ‎ manbaʿayni	الْمَنْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-manbaʿayni	مَنْبَعَيْ‎ manbaʿay
Genitive	مَنْبَعَيْنِ‎ manbaʿayni	الْمَنْبَعَيْنِ‎ al-manbaʿayni	مَنْبَعَيْ‎ manbaʿay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَابِع‎ manābiʿ	الْمَنَابِع‎ al-manābiʿ	مَنَابِع‎ manābiʿ
Nominative	مَنَابِعُ‎ manābiʿu	الْمَنَابِعُ‎ al-manābiʿu	مَنَابِعُ‎ manābiʿu
Accusative	مَنَابِعَ‎ manābiʿa	الْمَنَابِعَ‎ al-manābiʿa	مَنَابِعَ‎ manābiʿa
Genitive	مَنَابِعَ‎ manābiʿa	الْمَنَابِعِ‎ al-manābiʿi	مَنَابِعِ‎ manābiʿi

Descendants

• → Persian: منبع‎ (manba')
• → Ottoman Turkish: منبع‎ (menba)
  • Turkish: memba

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْبَع‎ (manbaʿ, “spring, source”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /manˈbaʔ/
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /manˈbaʔ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mænˈbæʔ/, [mæmˈbæ(ʔ)]
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /manbaʔ/

Noun

منبع • (manba') (plural منابع‎ (manâbe) or منبع‌ها‎ (manba'-hâ))

1. source, spring
2. origin, source, root, parent

   Synonyms: مرجع‎ (marja'), منشأ‎ (manša')

   ‏کد منبع‎ ― kod-e manba' ― source code

3. source, reference

   Synonym: مرجع‎ (marja')

4. (plural only) resources

   ‏منابع ایران داره غارت می‌شه.‎‎ (more colloquial)

   manâbe'-e irân dâre ğârat mi-še.

   The resources of Iran are being plundered.

Descendants

• → Uzbek: manba