سنبل

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سنبل

  • /sun.bul/

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* From the root س ب ل (s b l) whence also the verb form IV أَسْبَلَ (ʔasbala, “to let down, to let hang out”).

* Compare Aramaic שבלתא (šebaltā, “ear”), שבלא (šebalā, “ear”), Classical Syriac ܫܶܒܰܠܬܳܐ (šebaltā, “ear”), ܫܶܒܠܳܐ (šebalā, “ear”), Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbṓleṯ, “flowing stream; ear”), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎁𐎍𐎚 (šblt, “ear”), Akkadian 𒋗𒁍𒌌𒌈 (šubultum, “ear”), Eblaite 𒋤𒉺𒂖 (SÙ.PA.SIKIL /⁠šabaltum⁠/, “ear”), Old South Arabian 𐩪𐩨𐩡𐩩 (s¹blt, “ear”), Ge'ez ሰብል (säbl, “ear”), Tigrinya ሰብሊ (säbli, “ear”), Amharic ሰብል (säbəl, “ear”), Soqotri sebóleh (“ear”), Mehri seblī́t (“ear”), Shehri simbelót (“ear”), Egyptian Aa18-Z1-b-G29-A-y:r*Z1-Hn-Z2ss (sꜣbꜣjr, “shoots, spikes (of fruit trees), grape clusters”).

noun سُنْبُل · sunbul · سُنْبُلَة · سَنَابِل · السُّنْبُل

  1. collective ear, spike (of a crop) مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ
  2. collective Virgo (a star constellation)
  3. collective aromatic plant with ear-forming flowers, spikenard, Nardostachys spp., Valeriana spp., Hyacinthus spp. and the like

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سنبل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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