سنبل

Arabic
سُنْبُلُ قَمْحٍ
سُنْبُل – Hyacinthus orientalis

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sun.bul/

Noun

سُنْبُل • (sunbul) m (collective, singulative سُنْبُلَة f (sunbula), plural سَنَابِل (sanābil))

  1. ear, spike (of a crop)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261:
      مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ
      maṯalu allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahum fī sabīli llāhi ka-maṯali ḥabbatin ʔanbatat sabʕa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin miʔatu ḥabbatin
      Those who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains
  2. Virgo (a star constellation)
  3. aromatic plant with ear-forming flowers, spikenard, Nardostachys spp., Valeriana spp., Hyacinthus spp. and the like

Declension
Declension of noun سُنْبُل (sunbul)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُنْبُل
sunbul		 السُّنْبُل
as-sunbul		 سُنْبُل
sunbul
Nominative سُنْبُلٌ
sunbulun		 السُّنْبُلُ
as-sunbulu		 سُنْبُلُ
sunbulu
Accusative سُنْبُلًا
sunbulan		 السُّنْبُلَ
as-sunbula		 سُنْبُلَ
sunbula
Genitive سُنْبُلٍ
sunbulin		 السُّنْبُلِ
as-sunbuli		 سُنْبُلِ
sunbuli
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُنْبُلَة
sunbula		 السُّنْبُلَة
as-sunbula		 سُنْبُلَة
sunbulat
Nominative سُنْبُلَةٌ
sunbulatun		 السُّنْبُلَةُ
as-sunbulatu		 سُنْبُلَةُ
sunbulatu
Accusative سُنْبُلَةً
sunbulatan		 السُّنْبُلَةَ
as-sunbulata		 سُنْبُلَةَ
sunbulata
Genitive سُنْبُلَةٍ
sunbulatin		 السُّنْبُلَةِ
as-sunbulati		 سُنْبُلَةِ
sunbulati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُنْبُلَتَيْن
sunbulatayn		 السُّنْبُلَتَيْن
as-sunbulatayn		 سُنْبُلَتَيْ
sunbulatay
Nominative سُنْبُلَتَانِ
sunbulatāni		 السُّنْبُلَتَانِ
as-sunbulatāni		 سُنْبُلَتَا
sunbulatā
Accusative سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ
sunbulatayni		 السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ
as-sunbulatayni		 سُنْبُلَتَيْ
sunbulatay
Genitive سُنْبُلَتَيْنِ
sunbulatayni		 السُّنْبُلَتَيْنِ
as-sunbulatayni		 سُنْبُلَتَيْ
sunbulatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُنْبُلَات
sunbulāt		 السُّنْبُلَات
as-sunbulāt		 سُنْبُلَات
sunbulāt
Nominative سُنْبُلَاتٌ
sunbulātun		 السُّنْبُلَاتُ
as-sunbulātu		 سُنْبُلَاتُ
sunbulātu
Accusative سُنْبُلَاتٍ
sunbulātin		 السُّنْبُلَاتِ
as-sunbulāti		 سُنْبُلَاتِ
sunbulāti
Genitive سُنْبُلَاتٍ
sunbulātin		 السُّنْبُلَاتِ
as-sunbulāti		 سُنْبُلَاتِ
sunbulāti
Plural of variety basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَنَابِل
sanābil		 السَّنَابِل
as-sanābil		 سَنَابِل
sanābil
Nominative سَنَابِلُ
sanābilu		 السَّنَابِلُ
as-sanābilu		 سَنَابِلُ
sanābilu
Accusative سَنَابِلَ
sanābila		 السَّنَابِلَ
as-sanābila		 سَنَابِلَ
sanābila
Genitive سَنَابِلَ
sanābila		 السَّنَابِلِ
as-sanābili		 سَنَابِلِ
sanābili

Descendants
  • → Amharic: ሰንበል (sänbäl, “ear”), ሰንቡል (sänbul, “spikenard”), ስንቡል (sənbul, “spikenard”)
  • → Azerbaijani: sünbül
  • → Ge'ez: ሰንብል (sänbəl, “ear”), ሰንበል (sänbäl, “ear”), ሰንቢል (sänbil, “spikenard”), ሰንቡል (sänbul, “spikenard”)
  • → Classical Persian: سنبل (sunbul)
  • → Spanish: azúmbar
  • → Tigre: ስንቡል (sənbul, “spikenard”)

References
  • H7641 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سَبَلٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 281
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 178–179
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 484, 505
  • Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 280
  • Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “سنبل”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 793

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سنبل (sunbul).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [symˈbyl]
  • (dialectal, vulgar) IPA(key): [zymˈbyl]

Noun

سنبل • (sümbül)

  1. hyacinth, any plant of the genus Hyacinthus
  2. curly locks and ringlets of a boy or girl

Derived terms
  • سنبلو (sümbüli, “hyacinthine”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian
سنبل

Etymology

From Arabic سُنْبُل (sunbul).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sʊm.bʊ́l]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sʊm.bʊ́l]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sum.búl̥]

Readings
Classical reading? sunbul
Dari reading? sunbul
Iranian reading? sonbol
Tajik reading? sunbul

Noun

سنبل • (sonbol)

  1. hyacinth

Descendants
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