ذنب

See also: دنت and دنب

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Of the root ذ ن ب (ḏ-n-b). The noun “tail” is reconstructible as Proto-Semitic *ḏanab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ða.nab/

Noun

ذَنَب • (ḏanab) m (plural أَذْنَاب (ʔaḏnāb))

1. tail, end

   Synonym: ذَيْل (ḏayl)

2. adherent, follower, henchman

Declension

Declension of noun ذَنَب (ḏanab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَنَب ḏanab	الذَّنَب aḏ-ḏanab	ذَنَب ḏanab
Nominative	ذَنَبٌ ḏanabun	الذَّنَبُ aḏ-ḏanabu	ذَنَبُ ḏanabu
Accusative	ذَنَبًا ḏanaban	الذَّنَبَ aḏ-ḏanaba	ذَنَبَ ḏanaba
Genitive	ذَنَبٍ ḏanabin	الذَّنَبِ aḏ-ḏanabi	ذَنَبِ ḏanabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَنَبَيْن ḏanabayn	الذَّنَبَيْن aḏ-ḏanabayn	ذَنَبَيْ ḏanabay
Nominative	ذَنَبَانِ ḏanabāni	الذَّنَبَانِ aḏ-ḏanabāni	ذَنَبَا ḏanabā
Accusative	ذَنَبَيْنِ ḏanabayni	الذَّنَبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏanabayni	ذَنَبَيْ ḏanabay
Genitive	ذَنَبَيْنِ ḏanabayni	الذَّنَبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏanabayni	ذَنَبَيْ ḏanabay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَذْنَاب ʔaḏnāb	الْأَذْنَاب al-ʔaḏnāb	أَذْنَاب ʔaḏnāb
Nominative	أَذْنَابٌ ʔaḏnābun	الْأَذْنَابُ al-ʔaḏnābu	أَذْنَابُ ʔaḏnābu
Accusative	أَذْنَابًا ʔaḏnāban	الْأَذْنَابَ al-ʔaḏnāba	أَذْنَابَ ʔaḏnāba
Genitive	أَذْنَابٍ ʔaḏnābin	الْأَذْنَابِ al-ʔaḏnābi	أَذْنَابِ ʔaḏnābi

Derived terms

• ذَنَب الدَّجَاجَة (ḏanab ad-dajāja, “Deneb”)

Descendants

• Maltese: denb
• → Middle Armenian: զանապ (zanap)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذنب (zeneb)
  • Turkish: zeneb
• → Persian: ذنب (zanab)

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ða.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَبَ • (ḏanaba) I (non-past يَذْنِبُ (yaḏnibu) or يَذْنُبُ (yaḏnubu), verbal noun ذَنْب (ḏanb))

1. to follow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ذَنَبَ (I, sound, a ~ i/u, full passive (?), verbal noun ذَنْب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						ذَنْب ḏanb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						ذَانِب ḏānib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَذْنُوب maḏnūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذَنَبْتُ ḏanabtu	ذَنَبْتَ ḏanabta	ذَنَبَ ḏanaba		ذَنَبْتُمَا ḏanabtumā	ذَنَبَا ḏanabā		ذَنَبْنَا ḏanabnā	ذَنَبْتُمْ ḏanabtum	ذَنَبُوا ḏanabū
	f		ذَنَبْتِ ḏanabti	ذَنَبَتْ ḏanabat			ذَنَبَتَا ḏanabatā			ذَنَبْتُنَّ ḏanabtunna	ذَنَبْنَ ḏanabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَذْنِبُ, أَذْنُبُ ʔaḏnibu, ʔaḏnubu	تَذْنِبُ, تَذْنُبُ taḏnibu, taḏnubu	يَذْنِبُ, يَذْنُبُ yaḏnibu, yaḏnubu		تَذْنِبَانِ, تَذْنُبَانِ taḏnibāni, taḏnubāni	يَذْنِبَانِ, يَذْنُبَانِ yaḏnibāni, yaḏnubāni		نَذْنِبُ, نَذْنُبُ naḏnibu, naḏnubu	تَذْنِبُونَ, تَذْنُبُونَ taḏnibūna, taḏnubūna	يَذْنِبُونَ, يَذْنُبُونَ yaḏnibūna, yaḏnubūna
	f		تَذْنِبِينَ, تَذْنُبِينَ taḏnibīna, taḏnubīna	تَذْنِبُ, تَذْنُبُ taḏnibu, taḏnubu			تَذْنِبَانِ, تَذْنُبَانِ taḏnibāni, taḏnubāni			تَذْنِبْنَ, تَذْنُبْنَ taḏnibna, taḏnubna	يَذْنِبْنَ, يَذْنُبْنَ yaḏnibna, yaḏnubna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَذْنِبَ, أَذْنُبَ ʔaḏniba, ʔaḏnuba	تَذْنِبَ, تَذْنُبَ taḏniba, taḏnuba	يَذْنِبَ, يَذْنُبَ yaḏniba, yaḏnuba		تَذْنِبَا, تَذْنُبَا taḏnibā, taḏnubā	يَذْنِبَا, يَذْنُبَا yaḏnibā, yaḏnubā		نَذْنِبَ, نَذْنُبَ naḏniba, naḏnuba	تَذْنِبُوا, تَذْنُبُوا taḏnibū, taḏnubū	يَذْنِبُوا, يَذْنُبُوا yaḏnibū, yaḏnubū
	f		تَذْنِبِي, تَذْنُبِي taḏnibī, taḏnubī	تَذْنِبَ, تَذْنُبَ taḏniba, taḏnuba			تَذْنِبَا, تَذْنُبَا taḏnibā, taḏnubā			تَذْنِبْنَ, تَذْنُبْنَ taḏnibna, taḏnubna	يَذْنِبْنَ, يَذْنُبْنَ yaḏnibna, yaḏnubna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَذْنِبْ, أَذْنُبْ ʔaḏnib, ʔaḏnub	تَذْنِبْ, تَذْنُبْ taḏnib, taḏnub	يَذْنِبْ, يَذْنُبْ yaḏnib, yaḏnub		تَذْنِبَا, تَذْنُبَا taḏnibā, taḏnubā	يَذْنِبَا, يَذْنُبَا yaḏnibā, yaḏnubā		نَذْنِبْ, نَذْنُبْ naḏnib, naḏnub	تَذْنِبُوا, تَذْنُبُوا taḏnibū, taḏnubū	يَذْنِبُوا, يَذْنُبُوا yaḏnibū, yaḏnubū
	f		تَذْنِبِي, تَذْنُبِي taḏnibī, taḏnubī	تَذْنِبْ, تَذْنُبْ taḏnib, taḏnub			تَذْنِبَا, تَذْنُبَا taḏnibā, taḏnubā			تَذْنِبْنَ, تَذْنُبْنَ taḏnibna, taḏnubna	يَذْنِبْنَ, يَذْنُبْنَ yaḏnibna, yaḏnubna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِذْنِبْ, اُذْنُبْ iḏnib, uḏnub			اِذْنِبَا, اُذْنُبَا iḏnibā, uḏnubā				اِذْنِبُوا, اُذْنُبُوا iḏnibū, uḏnubū
	f		اِذْنِبِي, اُذْنُبِي iḏnibī, uḏnubī							اِذْنِبْنَ, اُذْنُبْنَ iḏnibna, uḏnubna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذُنِبْتُ ḏunibtu	ذُنِبْتَ ḏunibta	ذُنِبَ ḏuniba		ذُنِبْتُمَا ḏunibtumā	ذُنِبَا ḏunibā		ذُنِبْنَا ḏunibnā	ذُنِبْتُمْ ḏunibtum	ذُنِبُوا ḏunibū
	f		ذُنِبْتِ ḏunibti	ذُنِبَتْ ḏunibat			ذُنِبَتَا ḏunibatā			ذُنِبْتُنَّ ḏunibtunna	ذُنِبْنَ ḏunibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُذْنَبُ ʔuḏnabu	تُذْنَبُ tuḏnabu	يُذْنَبُ yuḏnabu		تُذْنَبَانِ tuḏnabāni	يُذْنَبَانِ yuḏnabāni		نُذْنَبُ nuḏnabu	تُذْنَبُونَ tuḏnabūna	يُذْنَبُونَ yuḏnabūna
	f		تُذْنَبِينَ tuḏnabīna	تُذْنَبُ tuḏnabu			تُذْنَبَانِ tuḏnabāni			تُذْنَبْنَ tuḏnabna	يُذْنَبْنَ yuḏnabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُذْنَبَ ʔuḏnaba	تُذْنَبَ tuḏnaba	يُذْنَبَ yuḏnaba		تُذْنَبَا tuḏnabā	يُذْنَبَا yuḏnabā		نُذْنَبَ nuḏnaba	تُذْنَبُوا tuḏnabū	يُذْنَبُوا yuḏnabū
	f		تُذْنَبِي tuḏnabī	تُذْنَبَ tuḏnaba			تُذْنَبَا tuḏnabā			تُذْنَبْنَ tuḏnabna	يُذْنَبْنَ yuḏnabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُذْنَبْ ʔuḏnab	تُذْنَبْ tuḏnab	يُذْنَبْ yuḏnab		تُذْنَبَا tuḏnabā	يُذْنَبَا yuḏnabā		نُذْنَبْ nuḏnab	تُذْنَبُوا tuḏnabū	يُذْنَبُوا yuḏnabū
	f		تُذْنَبِي tuḏnabī	تُذْنَبْ tuḏnab			تُذْنَبَا tuḏnabā			تُذْنَبْنَ tuḏnabna	يُذْنَبْنَ yuḏnabna

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðan.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَّبَ • (ḏannaba) II (non-past يُذَنِّبُ (yuḏannibu), verbal noun تَذْنِيب (taḏnīb))

1. to furnish with a tail, to provide a start to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ذَنَّبَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَذْنِيب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَذْنِيب taḏnīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُذَنِّب muḏannib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُذَنَّب muḏannab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذَنَّبْتُ ḏannabtu	ذَنَّبْتَ ḏannabta	ذَنَّبَ ḏannaba		ذَنَّبْتُمَا ḏannabtumā	ذَنَّبَا ḏannabā		ذَنَّبْنَا ḏannabnā	ذَنَّبْتُمْ ḏannabtum	ذَنَّبُوا ḏannabū
	f		ذَنَّبْتِ ḏannabti	ذَنَّبَتْ ḏannabat			ذَنَّبَتَا ḏannabatā			ذَنَّبْتُنَّ ḏannabtunna	ذَنَّبْنَ ḏannabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُذَنِّبُ ʔuḏannibu	تُذَنِّبُ tuḏannibu	يُذَنِّبُ yuḏannibu		تُذَنِّبَانِ tuḏannibāni	يُذَنِّبَانِ yuḏannibāni		نُذَنِّبُ nuḏannibu	تُذَنِّبُونَ tuḏannibūna	يُذَنِّبُونَ yuḏannibūna
	f		تُذَنِّبِينَ tuḏannibīna	تُذَنِّبُ tuḏannibu			تُذَنِّبَانِ tuḏannibāni			تُذَنِّبْنَ tuḏannibna	يُذَنِّبْنَ yuḏannibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُذَنِّبَ ʔuḏanniba	تُذَنِّبَ tuḏanniba	يُذَنِّبَ yuḏanniba		تُذَنِّبَا tuḏannibā	يُذَنِّبَا yuḏannibā		نُذَنِّبَ nuḏanniba	تُذَنِّبُوا tuḏannibū	يُذَنِّبُوا yuḏannibū
	f		تُذَنِّبِي tuḏannibī	تُذَنِّبَ tuḏanniba			تُذَنِّبَا tuḏannibā			تُذَنِّبْنَ tuḏannibna	يُذَنِّبْنَ yuḏannibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُذَنِّبْ ʔuḏannib	تُذَنِّبْ tuḏannib	يُذَنِّبْ yuḏannib		تُذَنِّبَا tuḏannibā	يُذَنِّبَا yuḏannibā		نُذَنِّبْ nuḏannib	تُذَنِّبُوا tuḏannibū	يُذَنِّبُوا yuḏannibū
	f		تُذَنِّبِي tuḏannibī	تُذَنِّبْ tuḏannib			تُذَنِّبَا tuḏannibā			تُذَنِّبْنَ tuḏannibna	يُذَنِّبْنَ yuḏannibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		ذَنِّبْ ḏannib			ذَنِّبَا ḏannibā				ذَنِّبُوا ḏannibū
	f		ذَنِّبِي ḏannibī							ذَنِّبْنَ ḏannibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذُنِّبْتُ ḏunnibtu	ذُنِّبْتَ ḏunnibta	ذُنِّبَ ḏunniba		ذُنِّبْتُمَا ḏunnibtumā	ذُنِّبَا ḏunnibā		ذُنِّبْنَا ḏunnibnā	ذُنِّبْتُمْ ḏunnibtum	ذُنِّبُوا ḏunnibū
	f		ذُنِّبْتِ ḏunnibti	ذُنِّبَتْ ḏunnibat			ذُنِّبَتَا ḏunnibatā			ذُنِّبْتُنَّ ḏunnibtunna	ذُنِّبْنَ ḏunnibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُذَنَّبُ ʔuḏannabu	تُذَنَّبُ tuḏannabu	يُذَنَّبُ yuḏannabu		تُذَنَّبَانِ tuḏannabāni	يُذَنَّبَانِ yuḏannabāni		نُذَنَّبُ nuḏannabu	تُذَنَّبُونَ tuḏannabūna	يُذَنَّبُونَ yuḏannabūna
	f		تُذَنَّبِينَ tuḏannabīna	تُذَنَّبُ tuḏannabu			تُذَنَّبَانِ tuḏannabāni			تُذَنَّبْنَ tuḏannabna	يُذَنَّبْنَ yuḏannabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُذَنَّبَ ʔuḏannaba	تُذَنَّبَ tuḏannaba	يُذَنَّبَ yuḏannaba		تُذَنَّبَا tuḏannabā	يُذَنَّبَا yuḏannabā		نُذَنَّبَ nuḏannaba	تُذَنَّبُوا tuḏannabū	يُذَنَّبُوا yuḏannabū
	f		تُذَنَّبِي tuḏannabī	تُذَنَّبَ tuḏannaba			تُذَنَّبَا tuḏannabā			تُذَنَّبْنَ tuḏannabna	يُذَنَّبْنَ yuḏannabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُذَنَّبْ ʔuḏannab	تُذَنَّبْ tuḏannab	يُذَنَّبْ yuḏannab		تُذَنَّبَا tuḏannabā	يُذَنَّبَا yuḏannabā		نُذَنَّبْ nuḏannab	تُذَنَّبُوا tuḏannabū	يُذَنَّبُوا yuḏannabū
	f		تُذَنَّبِي tuḏannabī	تُذَنَّبْ tuḏannab			تُذَنَّبَا tuḏannabā			تُذَنَّبْنَ tuḏannabna	يُذَنَّبْنَ yuḏannabna

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðanb/

Noun

ذَنْب • (ḏanb) m (plural ذُنُوب (ḏunūb))

1. (Islam, law) crime, offense, sin

   Synonyms: خَطِيئَة (ḵaṭīʔa), إِثْم (ʔiṯm)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:193:

     رَبَّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ

     rabbanā faḡfir lanā ḏunūbanā wakaffir ʕannā sayyiʔātinā watawaffanā maʕa l-ʔabrāri

     Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: "Believe ye in your Lord!" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:8-9:

     وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُودَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ۝ بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ ۝

     And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked. 9. For what sin she was slain

2. guilt

   Synonym: إِثْم (ʔiṯm)

Declension

Declension of noun ذَنْب (ḏanb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَنْب ḏanb	الذَّنْب aḏ-ḏanb	ذَنْب ḏanb
Nominative	ذَنْبٌ ḏanbun	الذَّنْبُ aḏ-ḏanbu	ذَنْبُ ḏanbu
Accusative	ذَنْبًا ḏanban	الذَّنْبَ aḏ-ḏanba	ذَنْبَ ḏanba
Genitive	ذَنْبٍ ḏanbin	الذَّنْبِ aḏ-ḏanbi	ذَنْبِ ḏanbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَنْبَيْن ḏanbayn	الذَّنْبَيْن aḏ-ḏanbayn	ذَنْبَيْ ḏanbay
Nominative	ذَنْبَانِ ḏanbāni	الذَّنْبَانِ aḏ-ḏanbāni	ذَنْبَا ḏanbā
Accusative	ذَنْبَيْنِ ḏanbayni	الذَّنْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏanbayni	ذَنْبَيْ ḏanbay
Genitive	ذَنْبَيْنِ ḏanbayni	الذَّنْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏanbayni	ذَنْبَيْ ḏanbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذُنُوب ḏunūb	الذُّنُوب aḏ-ḏunūb	ذُنُوب ḏunūb
Nominative	ذُنُوبٌ ḏunūbun	الذُّنُوبُ aḏ-ḏunūbu	ذُنُوبُ ḏunūbu
Accusative	ذُنُوبًا ḏunūban	الذُّنُوبَ aḏ-ḏunūba	ذُنُوبَ ḏunūba
Genitive	ذُنُوبٍ ḏunūbin	الذُّنُوبِ aḏ-ḏunūbi	ذُنُوبِ ḏunūbi

Derived terms

• عُذْرٌ أَقْبَحُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ (ʕuḏrun ʔaqbaḥu min ḏanbin)

Descendants

• → Hausa: zàmba
• → Persian: ذنب
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذنب (zenb)
  • Turkish: zenb
• → Swahili: dhambi

(via plural form ذُنُوب (ḏunūb))

• Maltese: dnub
• → Fula: junuubu
• → Hausa: zùnubī̀

References

• “ذنب” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذنب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 96

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ذ ن ب
1 term

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zanb/, /ðanb/

Noun

ذنب • (zanb) m (plural ذُنوب (zunūb))

1. guilt
2. sin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَنَّبَ (ḏannaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zan.nab/, /ðan.nab/

Verb

ذَنَّب • (zannab) II (non-past يِذَنِّب (yizannib))

1. to cause guilt
2. to scold

Conjugation

Conjugation of ذنب (zannab)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ذنبت (zannabt)	ذنبت (zannabt)	ذنب (zannab)		ذنبنا (zannabna)	ذنبتوا (zannabtu)	ذنبوا (zannabu)
	f		ذنبتي (zannabti)	ذنبت (zannabat)
non-past	m	أذنب (ʔazannib)	تذنب (tizannib)	يذنب (yizannib)		نذنب (nizannib)	تذنبوا (tizannibu)	يذنبوا (yizannibu)
	f		تذنبي (tizannibi)	تذنب (tizannib)
imperative	m		ذنب (zannib)				ذنبوا (zannibu)
	f		ذنبي (zannibi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb, “crime, offense, sin; guilt”).

Noun

ذنب • (zenb) (definite accusative ذنبی (zenbi), plural ذنوب (zünub))

1. fault, guilt, blame, the responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing

   Synonyms: صوچ (suç), گناه (günah)

2. (religion) sin, a transgression against divine law or a law of God

   Synonyms: صوچ (suç), گناه (günah), وبال (vebal)

Descendants

• Turkish: zenb

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zenb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5453
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zenb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1417
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذنب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 606
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Culpa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 307
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ذنب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 2243
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذنب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 949

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”), from Proto-Semitic *ḏanab- (“tail”).

Noun

ذنب • (zeneb) (definite accusative ذنبی (zenebi), plural اذناب (eznâb))

1. tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus

   Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), قویروق (kuyruk)

2. tail, any object or part of it resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails

   Synonym: قویروق (kuyruk)

3. (botany) pedicel, petiole, footstalk, the stalk of an individual flower, leaf, or fruit, once fertilised
4. descending node, the point in an orbit at which a body passes the ecliptic plane going south

Derived terms

• ذنب الارنب (zenebüʼl-erneb, “Eta Leporis”)
• ذنب الاسد (zenebüʼl-esed, “motherwort”)
• ذنب التنین (zenebüʼl-tinnin, “Giausar, Lambda Draconis”)
• ذنب الحیه (zenebüʼl-hayye, “Theta Serpentis”)
• ذنب الخیل (zenebüʼl-hayl, “horsetail”)
• ذنب العقاب (zenebüʼl-ʼukab, “Libertas, Xi Aquilae”)
• ذنب القیطس (zenebüʼl-kaytus, “Diphda, Beta Ceti”)
• ذنبی (zenebî, “tailed”)
• ذنبیات (zenebiyat, “small stalks or pedicels”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zeneb

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zeneb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5454
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zeneb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[7] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1418
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذنب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[8], Constantinople: Mihran, page 606
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cauda”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[9], Vienna, column 162
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ذنب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[10], Vienna, column 2243
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذنب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[11], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 949