شبرية

Arabic

Etymology

Relative noun (nisba) composed of شِبْر (šibr, span of the hand) + ـِيَّة (-iyya), as another bent dagger جَنْبِيَّة (janbiyya) from جَنْب (janb, flank).

Noun

شَبْرِيَّة or شِبْرِيَّة • (šabriyya or šibriyya) f (plural شَبْرِيَّات (šabriyyāt) or شِبْرِيَّات (šibriyyāt) or شَبَارِيّ (šabāriyy))

  1. a kind of traditional bedouin bent dagger

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, quadruped; bedstead).

Noun

شبرية • (šabrīya) f (obsolete)

  1. camel-litter, cacolet
  2. bedstead

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c
  • Cameron, Donald Andreas (1892) An Arabic-English vocabulary for the use of English students of modern Egyptian Arabic, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 136a
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شبرية”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 719b
  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 50, page 644

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

  • كرفاية (kirfāya, kurfāya), چرفاية (čirfāya), چرباية (čirbāya), كرفاق (kirfāg)
  • چرپاية (čarpāya) (Iraq)

Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, quadruped; bedstead) and شبرید (šabrid, bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock).

Noun

شِبْرِيَّة • (šibrīya) f (plural شباري)

  1. bedstead or bed or mattress

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, quadruped; bedstead) and شبرید (šabrid, bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock).

Noun

شِبْرِيَّة • (šibrīya, šubrīya) f (plural شباري)

  1. portable bed

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

Omani Arabic

Alternative forms

  • كرفاية (karfāya, kurfāya)

Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, quadruped; bedstead) and شبرید (šabrid, bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock).

Noun

شُبْرِيَّة (šubrīya) f (plural شُبَارِي (šubārī))

  1. bedstead or bed

References

  • Jayakar, Atmaram Sadashiv (1889) “The O'mánee Dialect of Arabic”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 21, →DOI, page 819
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

Yemeni Arabic

Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, quadruped; bedstead) and شبرید (šabrid, bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock).

Noun

شبرية (šabrīya, šibrīya, šubrīya) f (plural شباري)

  1. (Hadramawt) bedstead or bed

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c
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