قنبلة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell), from Persian خمپاره (xumpare), خمباره (xumbare, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell).

Noun

قُنْبُلَة (qunbula) f (plural قُنْبُلَات (qunbulāt) or قَنَابِل (qanābil))

  1. bomb
  2. grenade

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Procházka, Stephan (2009), “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 590

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell), from Persian خمپاره (xumpare), خمباره (xumbare, an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunbula/, [ɡʊmbʊla]

Noun

قُنْبُلة • (gunbula) f

(plural قَنابِل ‎(ganābil))
  1. bomb
  2. grenade
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