زنباره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زمپاره (zampara), زنپاره (zenpare)

Etymology

From Persian زنباره (zan bâre), from زن (zan, “woman”) and باره (bâre).

Noun

زنباره • (senbare or sanpara)

1. womanizer, rake
2. adulterer, whoremonger

Descendants

• Turkish: zampara
• → Armenian: զամփարա (zampʻara)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zampara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنباره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015

Persian

Etymology

زن (zan, “woman”) +‎ باره (bâre, “fond”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zan.bɑː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɑː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɔː.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæm.bɒː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäm.bɔ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zanbāra
Dari reading?	zanbāra
Iranian reading?	zanbâre
Tajik reading?	zanbora

Noun

زنباره • (zanbâre)

1. womanizer, rake
   • c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎^[2]:

     که آنجا پیر و برنا شاد خوارند
     همه کنغالگی را جان سپارند
     جوانان بیشتر زن باره باشند
     در آن زن بارگی پر چاره باشد

     ki ānjā pīr u burnā šād xwārand
     hama kunğalagī rā jān sipārand
     jawānān bēštar zan bāra bāšand
     dar ān zan bāragi pur čāra bāšand

     For the young and old drink alcohol there,
     And everyone gives themselves up to whoredom.
     The young are mostly womanizers,
     Full of tricks in their womanizing.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• زنبارگی (zanbâregi)

 

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: زنباره (senbâre), زمپاره (zampara), زنپاره (zenpare)
  • Turkish: zampara
  • → Armenian: զամփարա (zampʻara)