kumbara

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara), from Classical Persian خمباره (xumbāra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

Noun

kumbara (first-person possessive kumbaraku, second-person possessive kumbaramu, third-person possessive kumbaranya)

1. money-box, piggy bank

Etymology 2

Verb

kumbara

1. Nonstandard spelling of kembara.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kùmbura

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumbǎra/
• Hyphenation: kum‧ba‧ra

Noun

kumbàra or kùmbara f (Cyrillic spelling кумба̀ра or ку̀мбара)

1. (archaic) bomb, a kind of lombard-projectile

Declension

Declension of kumbara

	singular	plural
nominative	kumbara	kumbare
genitive	kumbare	kumbara
dative	kumbari	kumbarama
accusative	kumbaru	kumbare
vocative	kumbaro	kumbare
locative	kumbari	kumbarama
instrumental	kumbarom	kumbarama

Related terms

• kumbàradžija, kumbaràdžija (“somebody who throws these bombs”)

References

• “kùmbara”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “кумба̀ра”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 124

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خمبره (kumbara), from Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”).

Noun

kumbara (definite accusative kumbarayı, plural kumbaralar)

1. money-box, piggy bank
2. (obsolete) grenade

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kumbara
Definite accusative	kumbarayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kumbara	kumbaralar
Definite accusative	kumbarayı	kumbaraları
Dative	kumbaraya	kumbaralara
Locative	kumbarada	kumbaralarda
Ablative	kumbaradan	kumbaralardan
Genitive	kumbaranın	kumbaraların

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kumbara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük