زنفيلجة

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • زِنْفَالَجَة‎ (zinfālaja), زَنْفَلِيجَة‎ (zanfalīja)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زین‌پیله*‎ (zīn-pēle) from زین‎ (zīn, “saddle”) + پیله‎ (pēle, “bag, sack”) (later پاله‎ (pāle) wherewith the form زِنْفَالَجَة‎ (zinfālaja)). Unrelated to Arabic زِنْبِيل‎ (zinbīl, “frail, basket”).

Noun

زِنْفِيلَجَة • (zinfīlaja) f

(obsolete)
  1. haversack, satchel, pouch, case

Declension
Declension of noun زِنْفِيلَجَة (zinfīlaja)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زِنْفِيلَجَة
zinfīlaja		 الزِّنْفِيلَجَة‎
az-zinfīlaja		 زِنْفِيلَجَة
zinfīlajat
Nominative زِنْفِيلَجَةٌ
zinfīlajatun		 الزِّنْفِيلَجَةُ‎
az-zinfīlajatu		 زِنْفِيلَجَةُ
zinfīlajatu
Accusative زِنْفِيلَجَةً
zinfīlajatan		 الزِّنْفِيلَجَةَ‎
az-zinfīlajata		 زِنْفِيلَجَةَ
zinfīlajata
Genitive زِنْفِيلَجَةٍ
zinfīlajatin		 الزِّنْفِيلَجَةِ‎
az-zinfīlajati		 زِنْفِيلَجَةِ
zinfīlajati

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 209
  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “زنفيلجة”, 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 259
  • Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 68
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