تنبور

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian tmbwl, tnbwl (tambūr) (Manichaean Middle Persian tmbwr (tambūr)). According to Watkins, possibly (with metathesis of consonants) from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
    • (Dari): IPA(key): /tanbuːɾ/

    Noun

    تنبور • (tanbur) (plural تنبورها‎ (tanbur-hâ))

    1. tanbur

    Inflection
        Basic forms of تنبور (tanbur)
    singular plural
    bare تنبور
    (tanbur)    		 تنبورها
    (tanbur-hấ)
    تنبورا △
    (tanburấ)
    definitive direct object تنبور را
    (tanbur râ)
    تنبور رو △
    (tanburo)    		 تنبورها را
    (tanbur-hấ râ)
    تنبورا رو △
    (tanburấ ro)
    ezâfe تنبور
    (tanbur-e)    		 تنبورهای
    (tanbur-hấ-ye)
    تنبورای △
    (tanburấ-ye)
    marked indefinite
    or relative definite    		 تنبوری
    (tanbur-i)    		 تنبورهایی
    (tanburấn-i, tanbur-hấ-i)
    تنبورایی △
    (tanburấi)
    △ Colloquial.
        Possessive forms of تنبور (tanbur)
    singular plural
    1st person singular
    (“my”)    		 تنبورم‎
    (tanbúram)    		 تنبورهایم‎
    (tanbur-hấyam)
    تنبورهام، تنبورام‎ △
    (tanburấm)
    2nd person singular
    (“your”)    		 تنبورت‎
    (tanbúrat)
    [Term?] △
    (tanbúret)    		 تنبورهایت‎
    (tanbur-hấyat)
    تنبورهات، تنبورات‎ △
    (tanburất)
    3rd person singular
    (“his, her, its”)    		 تنبورش‎
    (tanbúraš)
    [Term?] △
    (tanbúreš)    		 تنبورهایش‎
    (tanbur-hấyaš)
    تنبورهاش، تنبوراش‎ △
    (tanburấš)
    1st plural
    (“our”)    		 تنبورمان‎
    (tanbúremân)
    تنبورمون‎ △
    (tanbúremun)    		 تنبورهایمان‎
    (tanbur-hấyemân)
    تنبورهامون، تنبورامون‎ △
    (tanburấmun)
    2nd plural
    (“your”)    		 تنبورتان‎
    (tanbúretân)
    تنبورتون‎ △
    (tanbúretun)    		 تنبورهایتان‎
    (tanbur-hấyetân)
    تنبورهاتون، تنبوراتون‎ △
    (tanburấtun)
    3rd plural
    (“their”)    		 تنبورشان‎
    (tanbúrešân)
    تنبورشون‎ △
    (tanbúrešun)    		 تنبورهایشان‎
    (tanbur-hấyešân)
    تنبورهاشون، تنبوراشون‎ △
    (tanburấšun)
    △ Colloquial.

    References
    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “tambūr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
    • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “tmbwr”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
    1. “tanbur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
    2. Baevskii, S. I. (2007). Early Persian Lexicography: Farhangs of the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Centuries. Netherlands: Brill., p. 192
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