قنبر

العربية

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قنبر¹

Where it comes from

From Aramaic קנברא / ܩܢܒܪܐ (qunbārā, qunabrā), from Akkadian 𒄣𒌦𒀮𒊒 (qu-un-nab-ru /⁠qunnabru⁠/, “rope, cord; fetters”).

noun قُنْبَر · قَنْبَر · qunbar · qanbar · الْقُنْبَر

  1. coir, fibre of coconuts (Cocos nucifera) or loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula) 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa ed. Charles Defrémery et Beniamino Sanguinetti, Vol. IV, p. 121 l. 1

قنبر²

noun قُنْبَر · قُنْبُر · qunbar · qunbur · قُنْبَرَة · قُنْبُرَة

  1. alternative, collective alternative form of قُبَّر (qubbar, “lark”)

قنبر³

proper noun قَنْبَر · qanbar · -

  1. a male given name, Qambar
  2. Qambar, a servant of Muḥammad’s son-in-law Ali and known for having been killed as a consequence of his unrelenting support of the Ahl al-Bayt

قنبر⁴

Where it comes from

Unknown, possibly from Latin camara.

noun قَنْبَر · qanbar · قَنَابِر · الْقَنْبَر

  1. guembri, a kind of violin used by Berbers 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa ed. Charles Defrémery et Beniamino Sanguinetti, Vol. IV, p. 406 l. 7

In English

  • coir fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قنبر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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