Meanings
Origin
- Sanskritसिद्धपथ“path of the Blessed”
- Arabicسِنْدِبَاد
- EnglishSinbad
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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Arabic سِنْدِبَاد
- سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād)fictional sailor
Bengali সিন্দবাদ
- সিন্দবাদ (śindobad)fictional sailor
Chinese Mandarin 辛巴達 /辛巴达
- 辛巴達 /辛巴达 (Xīnbādá)fictional sailor
French Sinbad
- Sinbadfictional sailor
Greek Σεβάχ
- Σεβάχ (Sevách)fictional sailor
Hindi सिंदबाद, सिंबाद
- सिंदबाद (sindbād)fictional sailor
- सिंबाद (simbād)fictional sailor
Hungarian Szindbád
- Szindbádfictional sailor
Japanese シンドバッド
- シンドバッド (Shindobaddo)fictional sailor
Korean 신드바드
- 신드바드 (Sindeubadeu)fictional sailor
Persian سندباد
- سندباد (sendbâd, sandbâd)fictional sailor
Polish Sindbad
- Sindbadfictional sailor
Russian Синдба́д
- Синдба́д (Sindbád)fictional sailor
Urdu سندباد
- سندباد (sindabād)fictional sailor
Cite this entry
APA
Sinbad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinbad
MLA
“Sinbad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinbad. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sinbad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinbad.
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