خمبره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian خمباره (xombâra, “an earthenware box, a small jar; a bombshell”) (now خمپاره (xompâre)). For the meaning shift regard German Geldbombe: Back in the days one threw one’s daily revenues through an opening at the bank so it falls into the night safe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kumbɑˈɾɑ], [xumbɑˈɾɑ], [humbɑˈɾɑ]

Noun

خمبره • (humbara, kumbara)

1. earthenware box, small jar
2. bombshell

Derived terms

• ال خمبره‌سی (el kumbarası, “hand grenade”)
• خمبره‌جی (kumbaracı, “who shoots bombs, bombardier”)

Descendants

• Turkish: humbara (“bomb”), kumbara (“money-box”) (and vice versa, but usually so distinguished now)
• → Albanian: kumbarà
• → Armenian: խումպառա (xumpaṙa), կումբառա (kumbaṙa), կոմբառա (kombaṙa)
• → Arabic: قُنْبُلَة (qunbula, “bomb”), قُنْبُرَة (qunbura), قُنْبَرَة (qunbara)
  • → Swahili: kombora
• → Avar: гумпара (gumpara)
• → Azerbaijani: qumbara
• → Bulgarian: кумбара́ (kumbará, “bomb”)
• → Greek: κουμπαράς (koumparás, “money-box”)
• → Ossetian: хъумбара (qumbara, “mortar”)
• → Romanian: cumbarà (“bomb”), with the variants combarà, gumbarà
• → Serbo-Croatian: (“bomb”)

  Cyrillic script: кумба̀ра, ку̀мбура

  Latin script: kumbàra, kùmbura