عنکبوت

See also: عنكبوت

Persian

عنکبوت

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt). Displaced native جولا (jôlâ) in Iranian Persian.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.búːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.búːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäŋ.kʰä.bút̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ankaḇūt
Dari reading? ankabūt
Iranian reading? ankabut
Tajik reading? ankabüt

Noun

Dari جولا
Iranian Persian عنکبوت
Tajik анкабӯт, тортанак

عَنْکَبوت • (ankabut) (plural عنکبوت‌ها (ankabut-hâ) or عناکب ('anâkeb) or عنکبوتان (ankabutân))

  1. spider
    Synonyms: (Dari) جولَا (jōlā), تارْتَنَک (târtanak)
    • late 1400s, Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, فاتحة الشباب:
      شد دو سه تاری که عنکبوت تنیدش
      بر در آن غار پرده دار محمد
      šud du si tārē ki ankabūt tanīd-aš
      bar dar-i ān ğār parda dār-i muhammad
      The two or three threads that the spider wove for him
      On the door of the cave, were the veil of Muhammad.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

  • عنکبوتی (ankabuti, spiderlike; arachnid)
  • مرد عنکبوتی (mard-e ankabuti)
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