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]

Noun

خمبره • (humbara, kumbara)

  1. earthenware box, small jar
  2. bombshell

Derived terms

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)
  • 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)
    Cyrillic script: кумба̀ра, ку̀мбура
    Latin script: kumbàra, kùmbura
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