تنبسه

Persian

Etymology

From the verb تَنبَسیدَن (tanbasidan, “to twist threads”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to span, stretch, extend”) whence also Persian تافتن (tâftan, “to twist; to twine”), تابیدن (tâbidan, “to twist, turn, spin”).
Compare Arabic طِنْفَسَة (ṭinfasa), borrowed from Persian or Middle Iranian, and Ancient Greek τᾰ́πης (tápēs) (which may be a borrowing from Old Iranian), whence Latin tapēte (see there for further descendants).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tan.ba.ˈsa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.bæ.sé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.bä.sǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tanbasa
Dari reading?	tanbasa
Iranian reading?	tanbase
Tajik reading?	tanbasa

Noun

تنبسه • (tanbase)

1. rug, carpet

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تنبسه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press