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ز ن ب ل
Root entry · 6 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to a type of basket or container, and by extension, to a short or stout man. It also appears in proper names, including historical figures.
Derived headwords
الزَّنْبَلnoun
- 1.short manclassical
A man who is short in stature.
زَنْبَلname
- 1.nameclassical
A name mentioned by Al-Azhari in the section on quadriliteral roots.
ابْنُ زَنْبَلname
- 1.historianclassical
A historian named Ibn Zanbal, who was in Al-Mahalla and lived later. He wrote an account of Sultan Selim's entry into Egypt.
الزَّنْبِيلnoun
- 1.basketboth
A type of basket or container. This is a variant pronunciation or spelling of 'zubayl'.
الزَّنَابِيلnoun
- 1.basketsboth
The plural form of 'zanbil', referring to multiple baskets.
الزَّنْبُولname
- 1.nameclassical
Part of a name, Al-Zanbuli, belonging to a Yemeni scholar.
Parallel reading
الزَّنبل، كقنفذ: القصير من الرجال.
Al-zanbal, like qunfudh: the short one among men.
وزنبل: اسم، أورده الأزهري في رباعي التهذيب.
And Zanbal: a name, mentioned by Al-Azhari in the quadriliteral section of Al-Tahdhib.
وابن زنبل: رجل من المؤرخين، كان بالمحلة، متأخر رأيت له واقعة السلطان سليم عند دخوله بمصر، حررها فأبدع.
And Ibn Zanbal: a man from the historians, who was in Al-Mahalla, a later figure. I saw his account of Sultan Selim's entry into Egypt, which he composed masterfully.
والزنبيل، بالكسر والفتح: لغة في الزبيل، وهذا قد ذكره المصنف في ز ب ل، والجمع زنابيل.
And Al-zanbil, with kasra and fatha: a variant pronunciation for Al-zubayl. This has been mentioned by the author in z-b-l, and the plural is zanabil.
وأحمد بن أبي بكر بن إبراهيم بن الزنبول المخزومي اليمني، عن ابن عجيل، وابن الحضرمي، مات سنة.
And Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Ibrahim bin Al-Zanbuli Al-Makhzumi Al-Yamani, from Ibn 'Ujail and Ibn Al-Hadrami, died in the year.