وابور

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French vapeur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.buːr/

Noun

وَابُور • (wābūr) m (plural وَابُورَات (wābūrāt))

  1. anything powered by steam
    1. steam engine
    2. boiler, generator
    3. cooker, stove
    4. lamp, lantern, luminary
      Synonyms: سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), نِبْرَاس (nibrās)
    5. locomotive, steam train

Declension

Descendants

  • Afar: baabúr
  • Amharic: ባቡር (babur)
  • Somali: babuur
  • Tigre: ባቡር (babur)
  • Tigrinya: ባቡር (babur)

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “وابور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 61
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “وابور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1370
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