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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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qunbulaẗ قُنْبُلَة , pl. qanābilᵘ 
ID 716 • Sw – • BP 1822 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QNBL 
n.f. 
bomb, bombshell – WehrCowan1979. 
Accord. to Rolland2014, probably from Pers ḫum-bara ‘small earthen vase’ and Tu humbara [~ḳumbara ] ‘money-box; bombshell’. 
▪ Tu ḳumbara ‘humbara, barut ve metal parçalarıyla doldurulmuş demir top’ [Câmiʕ-ül Fürs, 1501], ‘küçük para kasası’ [Filippo Argenti, Regola del Parlare Turco, 1533] – Nişanyan (21Jul2012)
▪ Tu humbara ‘demirden yapılarak içine patlayıcı maddeler doldurulan mermi’ : <1600 – Nişanyan (21Jul2012) 
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▪ Nişanyan_21Jul2012 suggests: Tu humbara ‘money-box; bombshell’, from ḫumbare, from < Pers ḫum / ḫumb = Av ḫumba‑ ‘small pot, vase’ 
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► qunbulaẗ ḏarriyyaẗ, n.f., atomic bomb, A bomb.
► qunbulaẗ yadawiyyaẗ, n.f., hand grenade.

 ► qanbala, vb. I, to bomb: denom.
► (ṭāʔiraẗ) muqanbilaẗ, n.f., bomber: PA I, denom. 
QNṬ قنط 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 3May2023
√QNṬ 
“root” 
▪ QNṬ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ QNṬ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ QNṬ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to stop talking; to be obedient, submissive, humble (before God), devoutness, piety, to ask God in prayer, pray’ 
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QNṬR قنطر 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QNṬR 
“root” 
▪ ¹QNṬR ‘arched bridge, arch, vault, arcade, viaduct, dam’ ↗qanṭaraẗ
▪ ²QNṬR ‘kantar, weight of 100 raṭl; tremendous riches’ ↗qinṭār
▪ ³QNṬR ‘centaury (Erythrea centauricum; bot.)’ ↗qinṭāriyūn

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘1 to tie together, arch; 2 to leave the desert and live in urbanized areas; 3 large amounts of money, sums and/or weights of various measures; 4 cunning person’ 
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