Etymology

Sinbad

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Arabic سِنْدِبَاد ← Sanskrit सिद्धपथ
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसिद्धपथ“path of the Blessed”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromسِنْدِبَاد
  3. English todaySinbad

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).

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