زنبق

Arabic

زَنْبَق

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زنبق (zanbaq, iris), from Middle Persian cmbk' (*čambak), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kamb- (to bend, curve).

Noun

زَنْبَق (zanbaq) m (collective, singulative زَنْبَقَة (zanbaqa), plural زَنَابِق (zanābiq))

  1. lily
  2. iris

Declension


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian cmbk' (*čambak), from Proto-Indo-European *kamb- (to bend, curve).

Pronunciation

Noun

زنبق (zanbaq) (plural زنبق‌ها (zanbaq-hâ))

  1. (botany) iris

Descendants

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