هندباء
Arabic
هِنْدِبَاء
Alternative forms
- هِنْدَب (hindab), هِنْدِبَا (hindibā)
Etymology
From Aramaic הּנְדְּבָא / ܗܶܢܕܒܳܐ (hendǝḇā), cognate to Arabic هَدَب (hadab, “twisted leaves or sprigs; cilium”). From Semitic also Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon), whence reborrowed Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, “endive, dandelion, chicory”) and the European terms Late Latin intibus, English endive etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hin.di.baːʔ/
Noun
هِنْدِبَاء • (hindibāʾ) f (collective)
- dandelion (Taraxacum gen.)
- chicory, endive (Cichorium gen.)
Declension
Declension of noun هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʾ)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʾ | الْهِنْدِبَاء al-hindibāʾ | هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʾ |
| Nominative | هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʾu | الْهِنْدِبَاءُ al-hindibāʾu | هِنْدِبَاءُ hindibāʾu |
| Accusative | هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʾa | الْهِنْدِبَاءَ al-hindibāʾa | هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʾa |
| Genitive | هِنْدِبَاءَ hindibāʾa | الْهِنْدِبَاءِ al-hindibāʾi | هِنْدِبَاءِ hindibāʾi |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: հնդիպայ (hndipay), հնդիպէ (hndipē)
- → Azerbaijani: hindiba
- → Ottoman Turkish: هندبا (hindiba)
- Turkish: hindiba
References
- “hndb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ḥdb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ˀnṭwbyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 415–420
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214