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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.