Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Unknown, a culture-word interrelated with Persian جوراب (jôrâb, sock) with a disputed direction of borrowings. Cognate to Aramaic גְּרַב (gəraḇ), גַּרְבָּא (garbā), Classical Syriac ܓܪܳܒܳܐ (gərāḇā, skin bottle), Late Babylonian 𒄖𒊏𒁍 (/⁠gurābu⁠/, bag; bag around a jug), Ge'ez ግራብ (gərab, skin bottle), Amharic ጊርባ (girba, container for water or honey made from skin). Arabic has the word in other shapes قِرْبَة (qirba) and قِرَاب (qirāb); see also جَوْرَب (jawrab).

Noun

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جِرَاب (jirābm (plural جُرُب (jurub) or أَجْرِبَة (ʔajriba))

  1. pouch, sack, case, sheath, holster, etc.
  2. pod (of plant-seeds)
  3. scrotum
  4. bursa
  5. omasum, psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
    Synonym: أُمّ التَلَافِيف (ʔumm at-talāfīf)
    Coordinate terms: كَرِش (kariš, rumen), قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa, reticulum), إِنْفَحَة (ʔinfaḥa, abomasum)
  6. marsupial
    Synonym: جِرَابِيّ (jirābiyy)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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جُرَاب (jurābm (plural جُرَابَات (jurābāt))

  1. alternative form of جَوْرَب (jawrab): sock
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References

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  • grb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جراب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 181
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قراب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 323
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 64
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 81
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جراب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 261
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جراب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 174


South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Arabic جُرَاب (jurāb) (alternative form of جَوْرَب (jawrab)).

Noun

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جراب (jrābm (plural جرابات (jrābāt))

  1. sock
    Synonyms: جربان (jurbān), كلسة (kalse)
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