زنباره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

زمپاره‎ (zampara), زنپاره‎ (zenpare)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (zan-bâre), from ‎ (zan, “woman”) and ‎ (bâre).

Noun

زنباره or زنباره • (senbare or sanpara)

womanizer, rake
adulterer, whoremonger

Descendants

Turkish: zampara
→ Armenian: զամփարա (zampʿara)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zampara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زنباره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015

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