The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromتُنْبَک
- ckb · derived fromدونبولی
- Northern Kurdish · derived fromdunbulî
- Classical Persian · derived fromدنبلی
- English todayDonboli
The variant Donboli is borrowed from Classical Persian دنبلی, while the variant Dunbuli is from Northern Kurdish dunbulî or Central Kurdish دونبولی (dunbulî) Further etymology unclear. May be derived from Classical Persian تُنْبَک (tunbak), in which case related to Ottoman Turkish دمبلك (dümbelek) and Greek τουμπελέκι (toumpeléki), and the diminutive ـوله (-ūle).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.