جورب
Arabic
Etymology
Possibly from (or cognate with) Persian جوراب (jôrâb, “sock, stocking”), with earlier forms گورب (gôrab), گوراب (gôrâb), speculatively a metathesis of Middle Persian *gōrb/pāy (literally “grave of foot”), which has potential to be folk etymology. Alternatively, the Persian and/or the Arab forms might have been borrowed from Aramaic גְּרָב / גְּרַב (gəraḇ, gərāḇ, “skin bottle or pouch”), though it remains unknown in which language the new meaning as a footwear developed first. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܽܘܪܒܳܐ (gurbā) and Central Kurdish گۆروا (gorwa), گۆرە (gore); the Modern Hebrew גֶּרֶב (gérev) is a modern invention based on the Arabic root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaw.rab/
Noun
جَوْرَب • (jawrab) m (plural جَوَارِب (jawārib) or جَوَارِبَة (jawāriba))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | جَوْرَب jawrab |
الْجَوْرَب al-jawrab |
جَوْرَب jawrab |
| nominative | جَوْرَبٌ jawrabun |
الْجَوْرَبُ al-jawrabu |
جَوْرَبُ jawrabu |
| accusative | جَوْرَبًا jawraban |
الْجَوْرَبَ al-jawraba |
جَوْرَبَ jawraba |
| genitive | جَوْرَبٍ jawrabin |
الْجَوْرَبِ al-jawrabi |
جَوْرَبِ jawrabi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | جَوْرَبَيْن jawrabayn |
الْجَوْرَبَيْن al-jawrabayn |
جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| nominative | جَوْرَبَانِ jawrabāni |
الْجَوْرَبَانِ al-jawrabāni |
جَوْرَبَا jawrabā |
| accusative | جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni |
الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni |
جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| genitive | جَوْرَبَيْنِ jawrabayni |
الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ al-jawrabayni |
جَوْرَبَيْ jawrabay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | جَوَارِب; جَوَارِبَة jawārib; jawāriba |
الْجَوَارِب; الْجَوَارِبَة al-jawārib; al-jawāriba |
جَوَارِب; جَوَارِبَة jawārib; jawāribat |
| nominative | جَوَارِبُ; جَوَارِبَةٌ jawāribu; jawāribatun |
الْجَوَارِبُ; الْجَوَارِبَةُ al-jawāribu; al-jawāribatu |
جَوَارِبُ; جَوَارِبَةُ jawāribu; jawāribatu |
| accusative | جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةً jawāriba; jawāribatan |
الْجَوَارِبَ; الْجَوَارِبَةَ al-jawāriba; al-jawāribata |
جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةَ jawāriba; jawāribata |
| genitive | جَوَارِبَ; جَوَارِبَةٍ jawāriba; jawāribatin |
الْجَوَارِبِ; الْجَوَارِبَةِ al-jawāribi; al-jawāribati |
جَوَارِبِ; جَوَارِبَةِ jawāribi; jawāribati |
Descendants
- → Hebrew: גֶּרֶב
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جورب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 254