غراب

See also: عزاب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ر ب‎ (ḡ-r-b); the name of the raven or crow is inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḡurayb- (“crow, raven”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.raːb/

Noun

غُرَاب • (ḡurāb) m (plural غِرْبَان‎ (ḡirbān) or أَغْرُب‎ (ʔaḡrub) or أَغْرِبَة‎ (ʔaḡriba) or غُرْب‎ (ḡurb) or غَرَابِين‎ (ḡarābīn))

  1. raven, crow
  2. a ship, corvet, sloop

Declension

Noun

غُرَاب • (ḡurāb) m (plural أَغْرِبَة‎ (ʔaḡriba))

  1. bend of the scabbard
  2. edge, point

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرَاب‎ (ḡurāb, “crow, raven”).

Noun

غراب • (gurab) (plural غربان‎ (girban))

  1. crow, any bird in the genus Corvus
    Synonym: قارغه‎ (karga)
  2. (astronomy) Corvus, a constellation of the southern sky
  3. edge, the cutting side of the blade of a weapon
  4. the projecting edge of the hip bone of a beast
  5. kind of ship, like a corvet or sloop

Derived terms

  • غراب آیاغی‎ (gurab ayağı, “kind of plantain”)
  • غراب ابقع‎ (gurab-ı ebkaʿ, “magpie”)
  • غراب اسود‎ (gurab-ı esved, “raven”)
  • غراب البین‎ (gurabü'l beyn, “rook”)
  • غراب زمین‎ (gurab-ı zemin, “darkness”)
  • غراب نوح‎ (gurab-ı nuh, “Noah's ark”)
  • غرابیه‎ (gurabiye, “corvid”)
  • غرابی‎ (gurabi, “coracoid”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: gurab

Further reading

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