قربة

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Arabic

Etymology 1

See جِرَاب (jirāb).

Noun

قِرْبَة (qirbaf (plural قِرَبَات (qirabāt) or قِرَب (qirab) or قِرْبَات (qirbāt))

  1. water container
  2. (anatomy) bladder
  3. (music) bagpipe
Declension
Descendants
  • English: kirbeh
  • Italian: ghirba
  • Ottoman Turkish: قربه (kırba)

Etymology 2

Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Noun

قُرْبَة (qurbaf (plural قُرُبات (qurubāt) or قُرَب (qurab))

  1. kinship
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قربة”, 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 419
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قربة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1014

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
6 terms
قِرْبة

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْبَة (qirba).

Pronunciation

Noun

قِرْبَة (girbaf (plural قِرَب (girab) or قِرْبات (girbāt))

  1. hot water bottle; usually made out of rubber.

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