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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