كرنيب

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Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χέρνιβον (khérnibon, washbasin for ritual handwashing).

Pronunciation

Noun

كِرْنِيب or كَرْنِيب (kirnīb or karnībm (plural كَرَانِيب (karānīb) or كَوَارِيب (kawārīb)) (obsolete, Egypt)

  1. washbasin, bucket dipper, bath, a gourd used for ablution
    • a. 1100, الرشيد بن الزبير [ar-rašīd ibn az-zubayr], edited by محمد حمید الله [muḥammad ḥamīdullāḥ] and صلاح الدين المنجد [ṣalāḥ ad-dīn al-munajjid], كتاب الذخائر والتحف [kitāb aḏ-ḏaḵāʔir wa-t-tuḥaf]‎, al-Kuwayt: دائرة المطبوعات والنشر, published 1959, pages 61 line 3 a fine–62 line 2:
      وفلسقيتان أُخريان من بِلّوْر مربّط ففضة، مذهّبة الناحية الواحدة، مشبكة بجواهر، وفي وسطها درات، وفي الناحية الأخُرَى أَربع قصبات فضة مطلية بذهب، وكرنيب وكوز فضة مطليّان بذهب مجرى فيهما الجوهر.
      And two other flasks are of crystals twined with silver, gildened in one corner, netted with jewels, and in their mids pearls, and in the other corner four threads of silver thatched with gold, and a bowl and a mug of silver layered both with gold and woven with gemstones.
  2. baker’s peel

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