زنبورک

Persian

Zamburak in ca. 1820

Etymology

(zanbur, “wasp”) +‎ (-ak, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

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Noun

زنبورک • (zanburak)

little wasp
a kind of crossbow
a kind of little cannon, culverin, falconet, zamburak
a kind of small arrowhead, as well as an arrow with such a head
guimbard, Jew's harp

Derived terms

کمان زنبورکی (kamân-e zanburaki)

Descendants

→ Georgian: ზამბურაკი (zamburaḳi)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ज़ंबूरक (zambūrak)

Urdu: زنبورک (zambūrak)
- → English: zamburak, zumbooruk, zomboruk
→ Ottoman Turkish: زنبرك (zenberek), زمبرك (zemberek), زنبورك (zenbürek); զէնպէրէք (zenberek), զէմպէրէք (zemberek)
- Turkish: zemberek
- → Arabic: زُنْبُرُك (zunburuk)
- → Armenian: զեմպերեկ (zemperek), զա̈մբա̈րա̈ (zämbärä)
- → Azerbaijani: zənbərək
- → Macedonian: земберек (zemberek)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зѐмберек, зѐмберик
  Latin script: zèmberek, zèmberik
→ Uyghur: زەمبىرەك (zembirek)

References

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

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