منبع

Arabic

Root
ن ب ع (n-b-ʕ)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن ب ع (n-b-ʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.baʕ/

Noun

مَنْبَع • (manbaʕ) m (plural مَنَابِعُ (manābiʕu))

1. source, origin
2. fountainhead, wellhead, springhead
3. spring, well

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْبَع (manbaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْبَع manbaʕ	الْمَنْبَع al-manbaʕ	مَنْبَع manbaʕ
Nominative	مَنْبَعٌ manbaʕun	الْمَنْبَعُ al-manbaʕu	مَنْبَعُ manbaʕu
Accusative	مَنْبَعًا manbaʕan	الْمَنْبَعَ al-manbaʕa	مَنْبَعَ manbaʕa
Genitive	مَنْبَعٍ manbaʕin	الْمَنْبَعِ al-manbaʕi	مَنْبَعِ manbaʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْبَعَيْن manbaʕayn	الْمَنْبَعَيْن al-manbaʕayn	مَنْبَعَيْ manbaʕay
Nominative	مَنْبَعَانِ manbaʕāni	الْمَنْبَعَانِ al-manbaʕāni	مَنْبَعَا manbaʕā
Accusative	مَنْبَعَيْنِ manbaʕayni	الْمَنْبَعَيْنِ al-manbaʕayni	مَنْبَعَيْ manbaʕay
Genitive	مَنْبَعَيْنِ manbaʕayni	الْمَنْبَعَيْنِ al-manbaʕayni	مَنْبَعَيْ manbaʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَابِع manābiʕ	الْمَنَابِع al-manābiʕ	مَنَابِع manābiʕ
Nominative	مَنَابِعُ manābiʕu	الْمَنَابِعُ al-manābiʕu	مَنَابِعُ manābiʕu
Accusative	مَنَابِعَ manābiʕa	الْمَنَابِعَ al-manābiʕa	مَنَابِعَ manābiʕa
Genitive	مَنَابِعَ manābiʕa	الْمَنَابِعِ al-manābiʕi	مَنَابِعِ manābiʕi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mənbə
• → Persian: منبع (manba')
• → Ottoman Turkish: منبع (menba)
  • Turkish: memba
• → Uzbek: manba

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْبَع (manbaʕ, “spring, source”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.ˈbaʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.bǽʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.bǽʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäm.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäm.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæm.bǽʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.bǽʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	manba'
Dari reading?	manba'
Iranian reading?	manba'
Tajik reading?	manbaʾ

Noun

مَنْبَع • (manba') (plural منابع (manâbe') or منبع‌ها (manba'-hâ))

1. source, spring
2. origin, source, root, parent

   Synonyms: مرجع (marja'), منشأ (manša')

   کد منبع ― kod-e manba' ― source code

3. source, reference

   Synonym: مرجع (marja')

4. (plural only) resources

   منابع ایران داره غارت می‌شه. (more colloquial)

   manâbe'-e irân dâre ğârat mi-še.

   The resources of Iran are being plundered.

Descendants

• → Uzbek: manba