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Andalusian Arabic
Etymology
Presumably borrowed from Mozarabic (judging by the initial /t͡ʃ/), from Latin cerva.
Noun
chírba f (plural chiráb)
- doe (female deer)
1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 73r:Cierua henbra. Chǐrbal chirǎb.- Doe. chírba chiráb.
References
- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 92