غبار

Arabic

Root
غ ب ر‎ (ḡ-b-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.baːr/
  • (file)

Noun

غُبَار • (ḡubār) m (plural أَغْبِرَة‎ (ʔaḡbira))

  1. dust

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: غبار‎ (ḡbār)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غُبَار‎ (ḡubār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁbaːr/

Noun

غْبار • (ḡbār) m

  1. (uncountable) duststorm, sandstorm
    Synonym: (dated) طوز‎ (ṭōz)
    ‏.سووا حادث وكت الغبار لأن الرؤية كانت منخفضة‎
    sawwaw ḥadiṯ wakt li-ġbār li-anna/la-anna r-ruʔya kānat minḵafḏ̣a.
    They made an accident at the time of the duststorm because the visibility was low.
  2. (uncountable) dust
    ‏الغرفة كلها غبار‎ ― il-ḡurfa kilha ḡbār. ― The room is filled with dust. (literally, “The room[,] all of it [is] dust”)
  • مغبر‎ (mḡabbir)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُبَار‎ (ḡubār).

Noun

غبار • (ğobâr)

  1. dust
  2. mist
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