كهربا

See also: کهربا and كهرباء

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْرَبَاء (kahrabāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /kəhrəbə/

Noun

كهربا • (kəhrəbə) f

  1. electricity

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

كهربا

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کهربا (kahrobâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cɛhɾyˈbɑ]

Noun

كهربا • (kehrüba)

  1. amber, succin

Descendants

  • Turkish: kehribar
  • Albanian: qelibar
  • Aromanian: chihlibáre, chehribár
  • Bulgarian: кехлибар (kehlibar)
  • Greek: κεχριμπάρι (kechrimpári)
  • Macedonian: килибар (kilibar)
  • Romanian: chihlimbar
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћилѝба̄р, ћирѝба̄р, ћелѝба̄р
    Latin script: ćilìbār, ćirìbār, ćelìbār

References

  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “986. ЌIHLIBÁRE”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 146

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ه ر ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْرَبَاء (kahrabāʔ), from Persian کهربا (kahrobâ, amber).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kah.ra.ba/, [ˈkɑh.rɑ.bɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

كهربا • (kahraba) f

  1. electricity
  2. X-ray

Derived terms

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