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زنبق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root 'zanabaqa' primarily relates to fragrant oils, specifically jasmine oil, and also to musical instruments like flutes or pipes. It can also refer to a nickname for wine.

Derived headwords

الزنبقnoun
  1. 1.
    Jasmine oilclassical

    Refers to the fragrant oil extracted from jasmine flowers. It was specifically associated with the region of Iraq by Al-Azhari.

زنبقnoun
  1. 1.
    Flute, pipeclassical

    A musical instrument, specifically a wind instrument like a flute or pipe.

زنبقname
  1. 1.
    Nickname for wineclassical

    A kunya, or nickname, for wine, also referred to as 'al-zarqā'' and 'al-qandīd'.

Parallel reading

الزنبق: دهن الياسمين
Al-zanabaq: Jasmine oil.
وخصصه الأزهري بالعراق قال: وأهل العراق يقولون لدهن الياسمين دهن الزنبق
Al-Azhari specified it for Iraq, saying: The people of Iraq call jasmine oil 'dahn al-zanabaq'.
ذو نمش لم يدهن بالزنبق
Freckled, who did not anoint himself with jasmine oil.
له ما اشتهى راح عتيق وزنبق
He has what he desires of aged wine and jasmine oil.
أبو عمرو الزنبق الزمارة
Abu Amr: Al-zanabaq is the flute player.
الزنبق المزمار
Al-zanabaq is the pipe/flute.
وحنت بقاع الشأم، حتى كأنما ... لأصواتها في منزل القوم زنبق
And the plains of Syria moaned, as if... their sounds in the people's dwelling were a flute.
أم زنبق من كنى الخمر، وهي الزرقاء والقنديد
Umm Zanabaq is a kunya for wine, which is also al-zarqā' and al-qandīd.