سندباد

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian; see Persian سندباد (sendbâd) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.di.baːd/

Proper noun

سِنْدِبَاد • (sindibād) m

1. Sinbad

Declension

Declension of noun سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سِنْدِبَاد sindibād	—
Nominative	—	سِنْدِبَادُ sindibādu	—
Accusative	—	سِنْدِبَادَ sindibāda	—
Genitive	—	سِنْدِبَادَ sindibāda	—

Persian

Dari	سندباد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Синдбод

Alternative forms

• سنباد (sanbâd, sonbâd)

Etymology

From Middle Persian, possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).

According to folk etymology, from سند (send) +‎ باد (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد (hindibād). Arabic سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād) is a Middle Persian borrowing.

Akin to Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat), Ancient Greek Συντίπας (Suntípas) (Iranian borrowing via Classical Syriac?).

The sense "cognitive faculty" was coined by Azar Kayvan's cult (died early 17th century), according to Dehkhoda.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɪmˈbɒːd], [sæmˈbɒːd], [sʊmˈbɒːd], [sɪmˈbɒːð], [sæmˈbɒːð], [sʊmˈbɒːð]
• (Iran) IPA^(key): [sendˈbɒːd], [sændˈbɒːd], [sæmˈbɒːd]

Proper noun

سندباد • (sendbâd, sandbâd)

1. Sinbad

References

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