طناب

Khalaj

Noun

طَناب (tanâb or tənâb) (definite accusative طَنابؽ, plural طَنابلار)

Arabic spelling of tanâb, tənâb (“rope”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	طناب	طنابلار
genitive	طنابؽݧ	طنابلارؽݧ
dative	طنابقا	طنابلارقا
definite accusative	طنابؽ	طنابلارؽ
locative	طنابچا	طنابلارچا
ablative	طنابدا	طنابلاردا
instrumental	طنابلا	طنابلارلا
equative	طنابواره	طنابلارواره

Persian

Alternative forms

اطناب (atnâb)
طناف (tanâf) (dialectal, Kashan)^[1]
طنو (tanaw) (dialectal, Hazaragi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَطْنَاب (ʔaṭnāb), plural of طُنُب (ṭunub, “rope”). Majorly displaced native رَسَن (rasan) and اَرویس (arvês) (from Middle Persian [script needed] (’lwys /⁠arwēs⁠/)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.ˈnaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.nɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.nɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.nɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.nɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tanāb
Dari reading^?	tanāb
Iranian reading^?	tanâb
Tajik reading^?	tanob

Noun

طناب • (tanāb / tanâb) (Tajik spelling таноб)

rope

Derived terms

طناب‌کشی (tanâb-kaši, “tug of war”)
طناب بازی (tanâb bâzi, “skipping rope”)
طناب بازی کردن (tanâb bâzi kardan, “to skip rope”)
طناب زدن (tanâb zadan, “to skip rope”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: طناب (ṭnāb /⁠tänāb⁠/)
- Uyghur: تاناب (tanab), تاناپ (tanap), تانا (tana)
- Uzbek: tanob
→ Turkmen: tanap
→ Khalaj: tanâb

References

^ Miller, Corey; Livingston, Jace; Vinson, Mark; Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014), Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎^[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 63

[1] Miller, Corey; Livingston, Jace; Vinson, Mark; Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014), Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎^[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 63

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