شارب

See also: سارت‎

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb شَرِبَ‎ (šariba, “to drink”), from the root ش ر ب‎ (š-r-b).

Noun

شَارِب • (šārib) m (plural شَارِبُون‎ (šāribūn) or شُرَّاب‎ (šurrāb), feminine شَارِبَة‎ (šāriba))

  1. drinking
  2. drinker

Declension

Noun

شَارِب • (šārib) m (plural شَوَارِب‎ (šawārib))

  1. moustache
    • Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965):
      ‏أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ
      يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ
      ‎
      ʔaḡāyatu d-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum
      yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā l-ʔumamu
      Is it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!

Usage notes

  • The plural and dual may be used synonymously with the singular, though some grammarians frowned upon this usage.

Declension

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَارِب‎ (šārib, “moustache”).

Noun

شارب • (şarib) (plural شوارب‎)

  1. moustache, a growth of facial hair over the upper lip
    Synonyms: بیق‎ (bıyık), سبله‎ (sebele)

Further reading

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