شنبلیله

• شنبلیل‎ (šanbalil), شنبلید‎ (šambalid), شنبلیت‎ (šambalit), شملید‎ (šamlid), شملیز‎ (šamliz), شلمیز‎ (šalmiz)

From Middle Persian šmblyt (šamblīt, šamblīd), šmblytk' (šambalīdag, “fenugreek”), whence also Old Armenian շամղիտակ (šamłitak) and Arabic شِمْلِيدَج‎ (šimlīdaj). Ultimately borrowed from a Semitic language. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שִׁבְּלִילְתָא‎ (šibbəlīləṯā), Classical Syriac ܫܒܠܝܠܬܐ‎ (šebbəlīltā) and ܦܠܝܠܬܐ‎ (pəlīltā), all from Akkadian 𒊭𒄠𒁀𒇷𒅋𒌈 (/šambaliltum/), 𒊭𒁀𒇸𒌅 (/šabbaliltu/), 𒊭𒄠𒈬 𒁀𒅋𒌈 (/šammu baliltu/, “fenugreek”, literally “mixture grass”).

The word is found in other modern Iranian languages: compare Harzani [script needed] (šunbulla), Badakhshan Tajik шалит (šalit, “orach”), Wakhi šlit, šliṭ (“Chenopodium album”), Shiraz Persian شملیز‎ (šamliz) and Central Kurdish شمڵی‎ (şimllî).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃæmbæliːˈlæ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃæmbæliːˈle/

شنبلیله • (šanbalile)

1. fenugreek

• Azerbaijani: şəmbəllə, şənbəllə, şəmbələ
  • → Armenian: շամբալա (šambala)
  • → Russian: шамбала́ (šambalá)

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