زنبیل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic زَبِّيل (zabbīl, frail, basket).

Noun

زنبیل • (zembil) (plural زنابیل)

  1. basket, especially one woven of rushes or palm-leaves
    Synonym: سپت (sepet)

Derived terms

  • زنبیلجك (zembilcik, small basket)
  • زنبیلجی (zembilci, maker or seller of baskets)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zembil
  • Albanian: zymbyle
  • Armenian: զեմպիլ (zempil)

Further reading

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