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جنبر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of largeness, shortness, and specific animal young. It describes large animals and men, as well as the young of a specific bird. It also includes a proper noun for a horse.

Derived headwords

الجَنْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    large camelclassical

    A large, bulky camel. This term is also applied to a man of large stature.

  2. 2.
    short manclassical

    A man who is short in stature.

الجُنَيْبِرnoun
  1. 1.
    chick of Houbara bustardclassical

    The young chick of the Houbara bustard bird.

الجُنْبَارnoun
  1. 1.
    chick of Houbara bustardclassical

    An alternative form for the young chick of the Houbara bustard bird.

جَنْبَرname
  1. 1.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to Ja'dah ibn Mardas Al-Numayri.

Parallel reading

وهو (الجمل الضخم)، وكذالك الرجل، قاله أبو عمر و، واقتصر على الجمل.
And it is (the large camel), and likewise a man, said Abu Amr, and he limited it to the camel.
و الجنبر: الرجل (القصير).
And Al-Junbar: the short man.
و الجنبر: (فرخ الحبارى)، عن السيرفي
And Al-Junbar: (the chick of the Houbara bustard), according to Al-Sirafi.
كالجنبار، مثال جحنبار
Like Al-Junbar, in the pattern of Juhambar.
مثل به سيبويه، وفسره السيرافي.
Sibawayh used it as an example, and Al-Sirafi explained it.
فإن كان كذالك فهو ثلاثي، وقد ذكر في موضعه.
If that is the case, then it is triliteral, and it has been mentioned in its place.
وعندي أن الجنبار بالتخفيف لغة في الجنبار، الذي هو فرخ الحبارى، وليس قول ابن الأعرابي أن جنبارا من الجبر بشيء.
And in my opinion, Al-Jinbar (with shortening) is a dialectal variant of Al-Junbar, which is the chick of the Houbara bustard, and Ibn Al-Arabi's statement that Junbar is from Al-Jabr is not of any consequence.
جنبر: فرس جعدة بن مرداس النميري، نقله الصغاني.
Junbar: the horse of Ja'dah ibn Mardas Al-Numayri, as transmitted by Al-Sagani.