Sinbad

English

Alternative forms

Sindbad

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِبَاد‎ (sindibād), from Middle Persian [Term?] (compare Persian ‎ (sendbâd)), possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).

According to folk etymology, from ‎ (send) +‎ ‎ (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد‎ (hindibād).

Proper noun

Sinbad

(fiction) A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.

Derived terms

Sinbadian

Translations

fictional sailor

Arabic: سِنْدِبَاد‎ m (sindibād)
Bengali: সিন্দবাদ (śindobad)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 辛巴達／辛巴达 (Xīnbādá)
Hindi: सिंदबाद m (sindbād), सिंबाद m (simbād)
Hungarian: Szindbád (hu)
Japanese: シンドバッド (Shindobaddo)
Korean: 신드바드 (Sindeubadeu)
Persian: سندباد‎ (fa) (sendbâd, sandbâd)
Polish: Sindbad (pl) m
Russian: Синдба́д m (Sindbád)
Urdu: سندباد‎ m (sindabād)
Uyghur: سىندىبات‎ (sindibat)

Anagrams

Bandis, nabids

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