سنبلة

Arabic

Etymology

سُنْبُل (sunbul, ear, spike) + ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sun.bu.la/

Noun

سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) f (singulative, collective سُنْبُل (sunbul), plural سَنَابِل (sanābil))

  1. ear, spike (of a crop)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:261:
      مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَت سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ
      maṯalu allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum fī sabīli llāhi kamaṯali ḥabbatin ʾanbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatin miʾatu ḥabbatin
      Those who spend their wealth in the way of God are like a grain which grows seven ears, (and) in each ear a hundred grains

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