خمبره
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”) (now خمپاره (xompâre)). For the meaning shift regard German Geldbombe: Back in the days one threw one’s daily revenues through an opening at the bank so it falls into the night safe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kumbɑˈɾɑ], [xumbɑˈɾɑ], [humbɑˈɾɑ]
Derived terms
- ال خمبرهسی (el kumbarası, “hand grenade”)
- خمبرهجی (kumbaracı, “who shoots bombs, bombardier”)
Descendants
- Turkish: humbara (“bomb”), kumbara (“money-box”) (and vice versa, but usually so distinguished now)
- → Albanian: kumbarà
- → Armenian: խումպառա (xumpaṙa), կումբառա (kumbaṙa), կոմբառա (kombaṙa)
- → Arabic: قُنْبُلَة (qunbula, “bomb”), قُنْبُرَة (qunbura), قُنْبَرَة (qunbara)
- → Swahili: kombora
- → Avar: гумпара (gumpara)
- → Azerbaijani: qumbara
- → Bulgarian: кумбара́ (kumbará, “bomb”)
- → Greek: κουμπαράς (koumparás, “money-box”)
- → Ossetian: хъумбара (qumbara, “mortar”)
- → Romanian: cumbarà (“bomb”), with the variants combarà, gumbarà
- → Serbo-Croatian: (“bomb”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.