صندوق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sunthḗkē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤun.duːq/, /sˤan.duːq/
  • (file)

Noun

صُنْدُوق or صَنْدُوق (ṣundūq or ṣandūq) m (plural صَنَادِيق (ṣanādīq))

  1. chest, box, trunk, crate
    فتحت ميشيل صندوقها الأسود القابع في أعماقها
    fataḥat mīšīlu ṣundūqa-hā l-ʔaswada al-qābiʕa fī ʔaʕmāqi-hā
    Michelle opened her rarely visited black box in the bottom of her soul
  2. safe, money box, till
  3. treasurer's office, public fund
    يضغط صندوق النقد الدولي على باكستان لجباية الضرائب من أصحاب الأراضي الزراعية
    yaḍġaṭu ṣundūqu an-naqdi ad-dawliyyu ʕalā bākistāna li-jibāyati aḍ-ḍarāʔibi min ʔaṣḥābi al-ʔarāḍī az-zirāʕiyyati.
    The International Monetary Fund is putting pressure on Pakistan to collect taxes from the owners of agricultural land.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • صَنَادِيقِيّ (ṣanādīqiyy)
  • أَبُو صُنْدُوق (ʔabū ṣundūq)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սնդուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 236b
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صندوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤanˈduːɡ/

Noun

صَنْدُوق (ṣandūg) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīg))

  1. box, chest

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian صندوق (sanduq), from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq).

Noun

صندوق (sandûk)

  1. box, case, chest, casket

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /sanˈduq/

Noun

Dari صندوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik сандуқ (sanduq)

صندوق (sanduq) (plural صندوق‌ها (sanduq-hâ) or صنادیق)

  1. box, trunk, case, chest, casket
  2. till, cash register

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /sˤan.duːʔ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /sˤan.duːɡ/, [sˤɑnˈdˤuːɡ]
  • (file)

Noun

صندوق (ṣandūʔ) m (plural صناديق (ṣanādīʔ))

  1. box, chest
  2. boot, trunk (of a car)
  3. cash register
    Synonym: صندوق مسجل (sandūʔ musajjel)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian صندوق (sanduq), from Arabic صُنْدُوق (ṣundūq).

Noun

صندوق (sandūq) m (Hindi spelling सन्दूक़)

  1. box, trunk, coffer, chest, casket
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