غراب

See also: عزاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b); the name of the raven or crow is inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḡurayb- (crow, raven).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.raːb/

Noun

غُرَاب • (ḡurāb) m (plural غِرْبَان (ḡirbān) or أَغْرُب (ʔaḡrub) or أَغْرِبَة (ʔaḡriba) or غُرْب (ḡurb) or غَرَابِين (ḡarābīn))

  1. raven, crow
  2. a ship, corvet, sloop

Declension

Noun

غُرَاب • (ḡurāb) m (plural أَغْرِبَة (ʔaḡriba))

  1. bend of the scabbard
  2. edge, point

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb, crow, raven).

Noun

غراب • (gurab) (plural غربان (girban))

  1. crow, any bird in the genus Corvus
    Synonym: قارغه (karga)
  2. (astronomy) Corvus, a constellation of the southern sky
  3. edge, the cutting side of the blade of a weapon
    Synonyms: قلاغی (kılağı), كسكین (keskin)
  4. the projecting edge of the hip bone of a beast
  5. kind of ship, like a corvet or sloop

Derived terms

  • غراب آیاغی (gurab ayağı, kind of plantain)
  • غراب ابقع (gurab-ı ebkaʿ, magpie)
  • غراب اسود (gurab-ı esved, raven)
  • غراب البین (gurabü'l beyn, rook)
  • غراب زمین (gurab-ı zemin, darkness)
  • غراب نوح (gurab-ı nuh, Noah's ark)
  • غرابی (gurabi, coracoid)
  • غرابیه (gurabiye, corvid)

Descendants

  • Turkish: gurab

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb).

Noun

غراب • (ḡurāb) m

  1. crow, raven
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