mizab

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic مِيزَاب (mīzāb), مِرْزَاب (mirzāb) from Aramaic מַרְזְבָא (marzəḇā), מִרְזְבָא (mirzəḇā, gutter, spout, water-pipe), from earlier Aramaic נַרְזְבָא (narzəḇā, drain pipe, gutter), considered a variant of Akkadian 𒄿𒍝𒁉 (naṣṣabū, water outlet, drain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmizap̚/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧zab
  • Rhymes: -zap, -ap, -p

Noun

mizab (plural mizab-mizab, first-person possessive mizabku, second-person possessive mizabmu, third-person possessive mizabnya)

  1. gutter

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