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sinbad

/sˈɪnbˌæd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
sin-bad
IPA
/sˈɪnbˌæd/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād), from Middle Persian (compare Persian سندباد (sendbâd)), 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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: سِنْدِبَاد, -, सिद्धपथ

Inflected Forms

Sindbad (alternative)

Derived Forms

Sinbadian

Questions

How do you pronounce sinbad?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪnbˌæd/.
What does sinbad mean?
A fictional sailor, the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin, who encountered monsters and magic while travelling the seas east of Africa and south of Asia.
Where does sinbad come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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