سندباد

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian [Term?]; see Persian سندباد‎ (sendbâd) for more.

Proper noun

سِنْدِبَاد • (sindibād) m

1. Sinbad

Alternative forms

• سنباد‎ (sembâd, sombâd, sambâd)

Etymology

From Middle Persian, possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).

According to folk etymology, from سند‎ (Send) +‎ باد‎ (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد‎ (hindibād). Arabic سِنْدِبَاد‎ (sindibād) is a Middle Persian borrowing.

Akin to Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat), Ancient Greek Συντίπας (Suntípas) (Iranian borrowing via Classical Syriac?).

The sense "cognitive faculty" was coined by Azar Kayvan's cult (died early 17th century), according to Dehkhoda.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɪmˈbɒːd], [sæmˈbɒːd], [sʊmˈbɒːd], [sɪmˈbɒːð], [sæmˈbɒːð], [sʊmˈbɒːð]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [sendˈbɒːd], [sændˈbɒːd], [sæmˈbɒːd]

Proper noun

سندباد • (sendbâd, sandbâd)

1. (archaic) A male given name, Sinbad, Simbad, Sunbad, Sumbad, Sinbadh, Simbadh, Sunbadh, Sumbadh, Sinpadh, Simpadh, Sunpadh, Sumpadh, Sunpad

   ‏سنباد مجوس‎

   Sinbad (Sunpadh) the Magus

Noun

سندباد • (sendbâd, sandbâd)

1. (archaic, philosophy) cognitive faculty

References

• “سندباد” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.