حرب

From Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חֶרֶב (ḥɛ́rɛḇ, “sword”).

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ri.ba/

حَرِبَ • (ḥariba) I (non-past يَحْرَبُ (yaḥrabu), verbal noun حَرَب (ḥarab))

1. to be enraged, to be furious, to be angry

From Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-. Feminine because it meant a tool in Proto-Semitic, namely a blade.

• IPA^(key): /ħarb/

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حَرْب • (ḥarb) f (plural حُرُوب (ḥurūb)) (countable and uncountable)

1. war

   Antonyms: سِلْم (silm), سَلَام (salām)

   تَتْرُكُ ٱلْحُرُوبُ أَثَرًا طَوِيلَ ٱلْأَمَدِ عَلَى ٱلْمُجْتَمَعَاتِ ٱلْمُتَضَرِّرَةِ.

   tatruku l-ḥurūbu ʔaṯaran ṭawīla l-ʔamadi ʕalā l-mujtamaʕāti l-mutaḍarrirati.

   Wars leave a long-lasting impact on affected communities.

2. warfare

• Maltese: ħarb
• → Armenian: հարբ (harb), ⇒ հարբ ու զարբ (harb u zarb, “threat”)
• → Azerbaijani: hərb
• → Persian: حرب (harb)
• → Harari: ሓርቢ (ḥarbi)
• → Sebat Bet Gurage: ሓርቭ (arəḇ)
• → Tigre: ሓርብ (ḥarəb)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حرب (harb)
  • Turkish: harp
  • Crimean Tatar: harb

حَرَب • (ḥarab) m

1. verbal noun of حَرِبَ (ḥariba) (form I)
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) rage

From Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).

حرب • (harb)

1. war
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 5:

     ملت و مملكتی حرب عمومی‌یه سوق ایدنلر ، كندی حیاتلری اندیشه‌سنه دوشه‌رك ، مملكتدن فرار ایتمشلر.

     Millet ve memleketi harb-i umumiye sevk edenler, kendi hayatları endişesine düşerek, memleketten firar etmişler.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. battle

• Turkish: harp
• Crimean Tatar: harb

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حرب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 501
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حرب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 775

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).

حرب • (harb)

1. war, warfare

   Synonym: جنگ (jang)

2. fight, battle, combat

   Synonym: نبرد (nabard)

• حربی (harbi)
• حربه (harbe)

• جنگ (jang)