Zhilikam t'Steh Halan t'Sihn'bahd

The tale of Sindbad the Sailor (better known as Sinbad in the West) and his seven voyages has been enjoyed for centuries by beings throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Sinbad was from Baghdad, although at the time of the story there was no Iraq as we know it; it was part of the Abbasid Caliphate. This was at the same time as Charlemagne reigned in Europe. The Sinbad stories are associated with the Thousand and One Nights collection of stories, although they don't appear to have been added until the 17th Century C.E.

Few works of literature have remained in publication so long or had as many productions on stage, film and television. The unknown author(s) of these works may have gathered oral stories that had been passed down for ages and made the hero the same in each one. The story of the one-eyed giant Sinbad encounters is very much like the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops, and was likely adapted from it, since the Greek tale is much older.

Below you will find terminology and characters that you might find associated with Sinbad in film and print. There are many variations in the spelling of names and places in the story, since the work was originally known from Arabic writings. We have provided some alternative spellings, and the FSE and some native pronunciations translitered as the Vulcans do, and included some material from motion pictures. (Names are listed in pure alphabetical order by title, if any, then name, since names are sorted using the Vulcan standard.)


Abdul -- Ab'dul
Abdul Fahim -- Ab'dul Fa'him
Achmed, Akhmed, Akmed -- Ak'med
Adventure -- dailissak
Africa (أفريقيا) -- Ahfrikuh
Ahmed -- A'med
Alexandria (اسكندرية) -- Ahlihg'zahndriuh
Ali -- A'li
Aloes wood (agarwood, aloeswood, oud, oodh, agar, gaharu, jinko) -- aloz'wuuhd |ud-lapan|
Ambergris -- ambuhr'grihs, ambuhr'gri|s| |skaun-ur-fnath t'spuhrm-weil|
Anchor (n.) -- mavohrek
Anwar -- An'war
Arabia Felix (Southern Arabia, Yemen) -- Uh'reibiuh Filihks, Arabi'a Feiliks
Arabic (language) -- arabsu
Archway - kesek-sharu
Arrow -- kliton
Asia (آسيا) -- Eizhuh
Attendant -- suyal-dvinsu
Auction (n.) -- nadonemes-makaya

Bagdad (بغداد‎, Baghdad) -- Bahg'dahd, Bag'dad
Balsora -- Bal'sora, Bal'soruh
Barley bread -- bar'li-kap
Basra (البصرة, Bassorāh, Bas-rāh, Basrah) -- Bas'ra, Bas'ruh
Beach (n.) -- shahov
Beak -- shnuhp
Beard -- hisahk
Becalmed (adj.) -- nahayalal-, nahayalalik
Belt -- san-zhel
Bit (n., horse) -- zesh-mofek
Black (n., person) -- mu'gelsu
Blind (adj.) -- glan-fam-, glan-famik
Boat -- pi'mashali
Bow (weapon) -- kes-wun
Bread -- kap
Breeze (n.) -- pi-salan
Bridle -- hors-patam-kuzhet
Buffalo -- buhfuhlo

Cairo (القاهرة, al-Qāhirah) -- Kairo, al-Kaa'hira
Caliph (خليفة, calif, khalifa, khalīfah) -- kalif, kalifa
Caliph Harun al-Rashid (هَارُون الرَشِيد‎, Hārūn Ar-Rašīd, Haroun al-Raschid) -- Kalif Ha'run al-Ra'shid, Kalif Ha'run ar-Ra'shid
Camphor -- kahm'for, kam'for
Caravan -- nik'el
Cargo -- tusla
Cassel -- Kasel
Castle (قلعة , حصن , برج) -- klomak
Cave -- tauk
Cavern -- suk'tauk
Cedar tree -- siduhr-lap
Chair -- ku-san
Charak -- Tcharak
Children -- kanu (TGV), kanlar (MGV)
Cinnamon (قرفة) -- sihnuh'muhn
Cliff (جرف) -- menal
Cloud (n.) -- wan
Clove -- klov
Cocoanut oil (coconut oil) -- koko'nuht-elmin
Comari -- Ko'mari
Companion -- besu
Courtyard -- tvi-ker

Danger -- tehvar
Deggial -- Degi'al
Diamond (الماس) -- lerash-khush
Drift-wood -- maraun-lapan

Eagle (نسر) -- iguhl
The East Indies -- She'rak-Ihndilar
Egg -- yu-mur
Elephant (فيل) -- eluh'fuhnt
Emerald (زمرد) -- yar-khush
Escape -- stron (n.), stron-tor (v.)

Fall -- tevan (n.), tev-tor (v.)
Family -- pi'maat
Feast -- gadzhak (n.); gadzhai (v.)
Fire (n.) -- yon
Flower (n.) -- svai
Food -- yem-tukh
Foot -- ash'ya
Forest -- laptra
Fruit -- savas
Fruit tree -- savas-lap

Giant (عملاق) -- masuksu
Gift -- tan
Ginger -- dzhihndzhuhr
Gourd -- gord
Grapes -- greiplar
Grave (n.) -- shi'vukhut
Great Tartary (Asia) -- Lo'uk Tartari
Ground -- solektra
Guest (n.) -- be'hai'la

Hall -- suk-shal
Hakim, Hakeem -- Ha'kim
Hand (n.) -- el'ru
Harbor, Harbour -- oklit
Hassan -- Ha'san
Hatchet -- el'ru-la'ash
Helmsman -- dakharausu
Herb -- bar-got
Hindbad -- Hihnd'bahd
Horizon -- ir-zehl
Horse -- hors
House (n.) -- kelek
Human bones -- komihn-hineklar
Hunt -- po'austukaya (n.), po'austukau (v.)
Hurricane -- |ma|suk-masutra-eshu'a
Husband -- sa-telsu
Hut -- veli-kel

India -- Ihndiuh
The Indian Ocean -- Ihndiuh-Masutra
Island (جزيرة) -- vikuvtra
Ivory (n.) -- zudebur
Ivory Hill -- Okunel t'Zudebur

Jaffar -- Dzha'far
Jamil -- Dzha'mil

Kill (v.) -- stau
King (n.) -- sa-te'krusu

Land -- solektra (n., ground/property); shasol (n., nation)
Load (n.) -- tus

Mahmud al-Misri -- Ma'mud al-Mihs'ri
Mariner -- masutrasu
Maroof -- Ma'ruf
Master -- trensu
Melanthius -- Melahnthiuhs
Merchant -- vel-makausu
Mihrage -- Mihradzh
Minoton -- Mihno'tan
Monkey (قرد) -- muhnki
Monsoon -- man'sun |tevun-yonuk-planik falek-yetur-salan|
Mosque (مسجد) -- mask, mosk, mashihd
Mountain -- suk'kunel
Music -- ralash-tanaf
Musician -- ralash-tanafsu
Mustafa, Mustapha -- Mu'stafa, Mu'stafuh

Nightingale -- naitingei'uhl
Nut -- kov-savas
Nutmeg -- nuht'meig

Old Man of the Sea -- Os-Sasu t'Masutra
Omar -- O'mar

Palace (قصر) -- te'korkel
Parents -- |o|mekhu
Pavement -- elyut
Pearl (لؤلؤة) -- puhrl
Pepper -- pepuhr
Persia (بلاد فارس) -- Farsiuh
The Persian Gulf (الخليج العربي , خلیج همیشه فارس) -- Suk-Tchol t'Farsiuh
Pirate (n.) -- masutra-siyehtsu
Pistachio-nut -- pih'stahshi'o-savas
Plague -- pleig
Plate (n.) -- |yem-|math
Porter -- tus-leshsu
Prince Kassim -- Sa-Elki Kassim
Princess Farah -- Ko-Elki Fara

Quay -- tus-kif

Rachid (Rashid) -- Ra'shid
Rafi -- Rafi
Raft (n.) -- marshak
Rhinoceros (وحيد القرن) -- rai'nasuhruhs
Rice -- rais
Roc (رخ) -- rak, rokh, rukh |holshanik masuk'kushel|
Roc egg -- yu-mur t'rak
Rohat -- Ro'hat
Rose water -- roz-masu
Ruby (ياقوت) -- yon-ek'zer
Ruby vase -- svai-mesklam t'yon-ek'zer

Saddle (n.) -- fau-ku-san
Sail -- mashalo-thalv (n.); mashalovau (v.)
Sailor (بحار) -- masutrasu, mashalovausu
Salahat -- Sala'hat
Sandal (خشب الصندل, sandalwood) -- sahnduhl-wuuhd |sandal-lapan|
Savage (n.) -- kwaisu
Sea (بحر) -- masutra
Sea-sickness -- masutra-has-mar
Seashore -- masutra-gef
Serendib (Ceylon, Sri Lanka) -- Seren'dib
Servant -- dvinsu
Ship (سفينة) -- masu-hali (TGV), mashali (MGV)
Sinbad (Sindbad, السندباد البحري, as-Sindibādu al-Baḥriyy) -- Sihn'bahd, Sihnd'bahd, as-Sihndi'badu al-Ba'khri
Skeleton -- hinek-teraya (TGV), hinektra (MGV)
Slave (n.) -- kafeh
Sleep -- yuk (n.), yuk-tor (v.)
Snake -- oluhk
Spice (n.) -- bar-kas
Stirrup -- ash'ya-mesklam |t'fau-ku-san|
Storm (n.) -- sahriv
Story (tale) -- var
Street -- kahr-yut
Suez (السويس‎, as-Suways, es-Sewēs, el-Sewēs) -- Su'ez, as-Su'wais, es-Se'weis

Tale -- var
Taryn -- Tarihn, Terihn
Tazeem -- Ta'zim
Travel -- halovaya (n.), halovau (v.)
Traveller -- halovausu
Treasure (n.) -- odon
Tree -- lap
Turban -- tuhrbuhn
Tusk (n.) -- sazud

Valley -- ku-li
Vizier (وزير , الوزير) -- spanekhartausu
Voyage -- halan (n.), hal-tor (v.)

Ware-house -- tanilkel
Water (n.) -- masu (general); mon-masu (drinking)
Water-cask -- masu-subok
Wave (n.) -- pral
Wealth -- don-tak
Weapon -- wun
Whale -- weil
White ball -- wan-kur dukal
Wife -- ko-telsu
Wind (n.) -- salan
Window -- krani
Wine -- vin
Witchcraft -- krel-tanaf
Wizard -- ooch
Wreck -- kwuhsh (n.); kwuhsh-tor (v.)

Zabid -- Za'bid
Zenobia -- Zenobiuh
Zombie -- zambi





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