كراع

Gulf Arabic
Root
ك ر ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic كُرَاع (kurāʕ, “foot, trotter of sheep or oxen, leg”).

Noun

كراع • (krāʕ) m (plural كرعان (kirʕān))

  1. leg and foot of a sheep or cow

References
  • Hamdi A. Qafisheh (1997) NTC's Gulf Arabic-English Dictionary, USA: NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 498

Sudanese Arabic
Root
ك ر ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic كُرَاع (kurāʕ, “foot, trotter of sheep or oxen, leg”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.raːʕ/

Noun

كراع • (kurāʕ) m (plural كرعان (kirʕān))

  1. foot, leg

Descendants
  • Juba Arabic: kuraa
  • Nubi: kura

References
  • Sigmar Hillelson (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎, London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 115
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