عنبر

See also: عنتر

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕan.bar/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m

1. ambergris
2. ellipsis of حُوت الْعَنْبَر (ḥūt al-ʕanbar, “sperm whale, cachalot”).

Declension

Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَر ʕanbar	الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar	عَنْبَر ʕanbar
Nominative	عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun	الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru	عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru
Accusative	عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran	الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara	عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara
Genitive	عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin	الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari	عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ənbər
• → Catalan: ambre
• → Italian: ambra
• → Old French: ambre
• → Ottoman Turkish: عنبر
  • Turkish: amber
• → Swahili: ambari

References

• Jacob, Georg (1886) Der Bernstein bei den Arabern des Mittelalters‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Carl Fraenkel

Etymology 2

From Persian انبار (anbâr).

Alternative forms

• أَنْبار (ʔanbār)

Noun

عَنْبَر • (ʕanbar) m (plural عَنَابِر (ʕanābir))

1. storeroom, stowage; depot; hangar

Declension

Declension of noun عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَر ʕanbar	الْعَنْبَر al-ʕanbar	عَنْبَر ʕanbar
Nominative	عَنْبَرٌ ʕanbarun	الْعَنْبَرُ al-ʕanbaru	عَنْبَرُ ʕanbaru
Accusative	عَنْبَرًا ʕanbaran	الْعَنْبَرَ al-ʕanbara	عَنْبَرَ ʕanbara
Genitive	عَنْبَرٍ ʕanbarin	الْعَنْبَرِ al-ʕanbari	عَنْبَرِ ʕanbari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنْبَرَيْن ʕanbarayn	الْعَنْبَرَيْن al-ʕanbarayn	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Nominative	عَنْبَرَانِ ʕanbarāni	الْعَنْبَرَانِ al-ʕanbarāni	عَنْبَرَا ʕanbarā
Accusative	عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni	الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Genitive	عَنْبَرَيْنِ ʕanbarayni	الْعَنْبَرَيْنِ al-ʕanbarayni	عَنْبَرَيْ ʕanbaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَابِر ʕanābir	الْعَنَابِر al-ʕanābir	عَنَابِر ʕanābir
Nominative	عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru	الْعَنَابِرُ al-ʕanābiru	عَنَابِرُ ʕanābiru
Accusative	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira	الْعَنَابِرَ al-ʕanābira	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira
Genitive	عَنَابِرَ ʕanābira	الْعَنَابِرِ al-ʕanābiri	عَنَابِرِ ʕanābiri

References

• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 12 Nr. 23

Ottoman Turkish

عنبر

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).

Noun

عنبر • (ʿamber)

1. ambergris, a solid, waxy, flammable substance produced in the intestines of the sperm whale
2. (by extension) sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

   Synonyms: قادرغه بالغی (kadırga balığı), قاشالو (kaşalo)

3. (in general) perfume, fragrance, anything delicious, fragrant, or exquisite to the sense of smell

Derived terms

• عنبر قبوغی (ʿamber kabuğu, “cascarilla”)
• عنبر چیچكی (ʿamber çiçeği, “abelmosk”)
• عنبرلو (ʿamberli, “perfumed with ambergris”)
• عنبری (ʿamberi, “pertaining to ambergris”)
• عنبرین (ʿamberin, “perfumed with ambergris”)
• عنبریه (ʿamberiye, “any perfumed liqueur”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: amber

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “amber”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 230
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عنبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 861
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ambra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 55
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عنبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3338
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “amber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عنبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1324