Sinbad

Sinbad proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Sinbad

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.

Sinbad meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

Sinbad in Hindi

fictional sailor: सिंदबाद sindbād, सिंबाद simbād

Sinbad in Bengali

fictional sailor: সিন্দবাদ śindobad

Sinbad in Arabic

fictional sailor: سِنْدِبَاد sindibād

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Sinbad in Persian: سندباد sendbâd, sandbâd

Forms of Sinbad

alternative form	Sindbad

Origin of Sinbad

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).

Words formed from Sinbad

Sinbadian

Questions about Sinbad

What does Sinbad mean?: Sinbad 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.
What is Sinbad in Hindi?: Sinbad in Hindi is सिंदबाद (sindbād), सिंबाद (simbād). See Sinbad meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Sinbad?: Sinbad is a proper noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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