جراب

Unknown, a culture-word interrelated with Persian جوراب (jôrâb, “sock”) with a disputed direction of borrowings. Cognate to Aramaic גְּרַב (gəraḇ), גַּרְבָּא (garbā), Classical Syriac ܓܪܳܒܳܐ (gərāḇā, “skin bottle”), Late Babylonian 𒄖𒊏𒁍 (/⁠gurābu⁠/, “bag; bag around a jug”), Ge'ez ግራብ (gərab, “skin bottle”), Amharic ጊርባ (girba, “container for water or honey made from skin”). Arabic has the word in other shapes قِرْبَة (qirba) and قِرَاب (qirāb); see also جَوْرَب (jawrab).

جِرَاب • (jirāb) m (plural جُرُب (jurub) or أَجْرِبَة (ʔajriba))

1. pouch, sack, case, sheath, holster, etc.
2. pod (of plant-seeds)
3. scrotum
4. bursa
5. omasum, psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

   Synonym: أُمّ التَلَافِيف (ʔumm at-talāfīf)

   Coordinate terms: كَرِش (kariš, “rumen”), قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa, “reticulum”), إِنْفَحَة (ʔinfaḥa, “abomasum”)

6. marsupial

   Synonym: جِرَابِيّ (jirābiyy)

جُرَاب • (jurāb) m (plural جُرَابَات (jurābāt))

1. alternative form of جَوْرَب (jawrab)

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