جنبر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses terms related to young birds, specifically the chick of the bustard. It also extends to descriptions of people, referring to someone short or stout, and even names a horse.

Derived headwords

الجَنَبَرnoun

1.
Bustard chickclassical
The young of the bustard bird.

الجَنَبَارnoun

1.
Bustard chickclassical
Similar to 'al-janabar', referring to the young of the bustard bird.

جَنبَارnoun

1.
Bustard chickclassical
A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-janbar', meaning the young of the bustard.
2.
Short personclassical
A person who is short in stature.

جَنبَارnoun

1.
Stout personclassical
A person who is large or stout.

جَنبَرadjective

1.
Shortclassical
Describing a person who is short.

جَنبَرname

1.
Horse nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Ja'dah ibn Mardas.

Parallel reading

الجنبر: فرخ الحبارى؛ عن السيرافي.

Al-janbar: the chick of the bustard; according to Al-Sirafi.

والجنبار: كالجنبر مثل به سيبويه وفسره السيرافي.

And al-janbar: is like al-janbar, a form used by Sibawayh, and Al-Sirafi explained it.

فأما جنبار، بالتخفيف، فزعم ابن الأعرابي أنه من الجبر لم يفسره بأكثر من ذلك، فإن كان كذلك فهو ثلاثي وقد ذكر في موضعه؛

As for janbar, with the lightened 'jim', Ibn Al-A'rabi claimed it is from the root 'j-b-r', and did not explain it further. If that is the case, it is triliteral and has been mentioned in its place;

قال ابن سيده: وعندي أن الجنبار بالتخفيف لغة في الجنبار الذي هو فرخ الحبارى وليس قول ابن الأعرابي حينئذ إن جنبارا من الجبر بشيء.

Ibn Sidah said: And in my opinion, janbar with the lightened 'jim' is a dialectal variant of janbar which is the chick of the bustard, and Ibn Al-A'rabi's statement that janbar is from 'j-b-r' is not significant in that case.

ورجل جنبر: قصير.

And a janbar man: is short.

أبو عمرو: الجنبر الرجل الضخم.

Abu Amr: Al-janbar is the stout man.

وجنبر: فرس جعدة بن مرداس.

And Janbar: is the horse of Ja'dah ibn Mardas.