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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek καβούρια (kavoúria), plural of καβούρι (kavoúri, “crab”).
Pronunciation
Noun
كابوريا • (kaburya) f (collective, singulative كابورياية f (kaburyāya))
- crabs
- Synonyms: ابو جلمبو, سرطان, سلطعون
References
- Spiro, Socrates (1895) “كابوريا”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
- Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban