تنبور
Persian
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian tmbwl, tnbwl (tambūr) (Manichaean Middle Persian tmbwr (tambūr)). According to Watkins, possibly (with metathesis of consonants) from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tan.buːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæm.buːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäm.buɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tanbūr |
| Dari reading? | tanbūr |
| Iranian reading? | tanbur |
| Tajik reading? | tanbur |
Noun
[edit]| Dari | تنبور |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | танбур |
تنبور • (tanbur) (plural تنبورها (tanbur-hâ))
Inflection
[edit]| Basic forms of تنبور (tanbur) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| bare | تنبور (tanbur) |
تنبورها (tanbur-hấ) تنبورا △ (tanburấ) |
| definitive direct object | تنبور را (tanbur râ) تنبور رو △ (tanburo) |
تنبورها را (tanbur-hấ râ) تنبورا رو △ (tanburấ ro) |
| ezâfe | تنبور (tanbur-e) |
تنبورهای (tanbur-hấ-ye) تنبورای △ (tanburấ-ye) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
تنبوری (tanbur-i) |
تنبورهایی (tanburấn-i, tanbur-hấ-i) تنبورایی △ (tanburấi) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
| Possessive forms of تنبور (tanbur) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
تنبورم (tanbúram) |
تنبورهایم (tanbur-hấyam) تنبورهام، تنبورام △ (tanburấm) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
تنبورت (tanbúrat) [Term?] △ (tanbúret) |
تنبورهایت (tanbur-hấyat) تنبورهات، تنبورات △ (tanburất) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
تنبورش (tanbúraš) [Term?] △ (tanbúreš) |
تنبورهایش (tanbur-hấyaš) تنبورهاش، تنبوراش △ (tanburấš) |
| 1st plural (“our”) |
تنبورمان (tanbúremân) تنبورمون △ (tanbúremun) |
تنبورهایمان (tanbur-hấyemân) تنبورهامون، تنبورامون △ (tanburấmun) |
| 2nd plural (“your”) |
تنبورتان (tanbúretân) تنبورتون △ (tanbúretun) |
تنبورهایتان (tanbur-hấyetân) تنبورهاتون، تنبوراتون △ (tanburấtun) |
| 3rd plural (“their”) |
تنبورشان (tanbúrešân) تنبورشون △ (tanbúrešun) |
تنبورهایشان (tanbur-hấyešân) تنبورهاشون، تنبوراشون △ (tanburấšun) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
References
[edit]- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tambūr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “tmbwr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
- ^ “tanbur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Baevskii, S. I. (2007). Early Persian Lexicography: Farhangs of the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Centuries. Netherlands: Brill., p. 192