سنبل

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (collective) ear, spike (of a crop)
2. (collective) Virgo (a star constellation)
3. (collective) aromatic plant with ear-forming flowers, spikenard, Nardostachys spp., Valeriana spp., Hyacinthus spp. and the like

Synoniemen

عذراء

Vertalingen

Virgo

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Virgo

Παρθένος

spike

Vierge

Virgem

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Virgo

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Verge

Constelação de Virgo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sun.bul/

Etymologie (Engels)

* 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”).