غبن

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Form-I verb of the root غ ب ن (ḡ-b-n).

Pronunciation

Verb

غَبَنَ (ḡabana) I (non-past يَغْبِنُ (yaḡbinu), verbal noun غَبْن (ḡabn))

  1. to cheat, to swindle, to scam
  2. to tailor
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

Noun

غَبْن or غُبْن (ḡabn or ḡubnm (plural غُبُون (ḡubūn))

  1. fraud, deceit
Declension
Descendants
  • Persian: غبن (ğabn)

Etymology 3

Verb

غِبْنَ (ḡibna) (form I) /ɣib.na/

  1. inflection of غَابَ (ḡāba):
    1. third-person feminine plural past active/passive
    2. second-person feminine plural imperative

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غبن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 779

Chadian Arabic

Root
غ ب ن
1 term

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

غبن (ḵabban) (non-past يغنب (yiḵabbin))

  1. to get mad

References

  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 78