قطرب

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Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܪܘܦܘܣ (qanṭropos), from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُطْرُب (quṭrubm (plural قَطَارِبَة (qaṭāriba), feminine قُطْرُبَة (quṭruba)) (archaic)

  1. (mythology, pathology) lycanthrope; the bestial form of a werewolf

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References

  • Duval, Rubens (1892 January 8) “Origine grecque du mot arabe قُطْرُب”, in Journal asiatique, 8. Série, 19/1 (in French), pages 156–159
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 286
  • Hoffmann, Georg (1878) “Bibliographische Anzeigen: I Gregorii Bar Ebhraya in evangelium Iohannis commentarius. E Thesauro mysteriorum desumptum edidit R. Schwartz. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 28 pp. 8. II Gregorii Abulfaragii Bar Ebhraya in actus apostolorum et epistulas catholicas adnotationes Syriace e recognitione Martini Klamroth. Diss. inaug. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 30 pp. 8”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 32, page 748 footnote 1
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1976) “Der Werwolf. Ein griechisches Sagenmotiv in arabischer Verkleidung”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 68, pages 171–184
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 301 Nr. 130