pembe

• پەمبە (pembe) — Arabic spelling

From Persian پنبه. Akin to native pembû (“cotton”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛmˈbɛ/

pembe

1. pink, magenta

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پنبه (pembe), from Persian پنبه (panbe, “cotton”).

pembe n (uncountable)

1. (dated) pink

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ᵐbɛ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛ.ᵐbɛ/

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pembe class IX (plural pembe class X)

1. horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 14:

     اِدَاوُ كِغِمَ هُمِتَ پِيْبِ ، اَسِپَتِ كَطِ كُنَ مَااِيِ

     Endao kwegema humita pembe, asipate kaṭi kunwa maiye.

     [the bull] charges the comer, none tastes of the water

2. tusk
3. horn (instrument)
4. wing (side of a building or army)
5. angle, corner

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ᵐbɛ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ᵐbɛ/

pembe class V (plural mapembe class VI)

1. augmentative of pembe (n class_(IX/X)): big horn, big tusk

• penbe (proscribed)

Borrowed from Persian پنبه (panbe).

• IPA^(key): /pæmˈbe/
• Hyphenation: pem‧be

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pembe (definite accusative pembeyi, plural pembeler)

1. pink

pembe (intensive pespembe)

1. pink

• “pembe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pembe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pembe”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı