عنبر

See also: عنتر‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕan.bar/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m

  1. ambergris
  2. ellipsis of حُوت الْعَنْبَر‎ (ḥūt al-ʕanbar, “sperm whale, cachalot”).
Declension
Descendants
  • → Catalan: ambre
  • → Italian: ambra
  • → Old French: ambre
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عنبر‎
  • → Swahili: ambari

References

  • Jacob, Georg (1886) Der Bernstein bei den Arabern des Mittelalters‎ (in German), Berlin: Carl Fraenkel

Etymology 2

From Persian انبار‎ (anbâr).

Alternative forms

  • أَنْبار‎ (ʔanbār)

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m (plural عَنَابِر‎ (ʕanābir))

  1. storeroom, stowage; depot; hangar
Declension

References

Ottoman Turkish

عنبر

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر‎ (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).

Noun

عنبر • (ʿamber)

  1. ambergris, a solid, waxy, flammable substance produced in the intestines of the sperm whale
  2. (by extension) sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
    Synonyms: قادرغه بالغی‎ (kadırga balığı), قاشالو‎ (kaşalo)
  3. (in general) perfume, fragrance, anything delicious, fragrant, or exquisite to the sense of smell

Derived terms

  • عنبر قبوغی‎ (ʿamber kabuğu, “cascarilla”)
  • عنبر چیچكی‎ (ʿamber çiçeği, “abelmosk”)
  • عنبرلو‎ (ʿamberli, “perfumed with ambergris”)
  • عنبرین‎ (ʿamberin, “perfumed with ambergris”)
  • عنبریه‎ (ʿamberiye, “any perfumed liqueur”)
  • عنبری‎ (ʿamberi, “pertaining to ambergris”)

Descendants

Further reading

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