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صنبور

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Originally meaning "a stump or stub", "a fruitless lone branch off of a trunk", from the root ص ن ب ر (ṣ-n-b-r) meaning "bitter cold", "weather requiring hardiness to endure", a variant of ص ب ر (ṣ-b-r) "enduring", "patient", "persevering".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صُنْبُور (ṣunbūrm (plural صَنَابِير (ṣanābīr))

  1. spout, tap, faucet
    1. hydrant, aqueduct
    Synonym: حَنَفِيَّة (ḥanafiyya)

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References

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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 89
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صنبور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 523–524
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صنبور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 727
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صنبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1730-1731