خروبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb, “carob”) +‎ ـَة (-a). The coin meaning is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon).

Noun

خَرُّوبَة • (ḵarrūba) f (singulative, collective خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb))

carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
an old coin of Tunisia weighing one carat
a name of some human settlements

Declension

Declension of noun **خَرُّوبَة** (ḵarrūba)
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūba	الْخَرُّوبَة al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūbat
nominative	خَرُّوبَةٌ ḵarrūbatun	الْخَرُّوبَةُ al-ḵarrūbatu	خَرُّوبَةُ ḵarrūbatu
accusative	خَرُّوبَةً ḵarrūbatan	الْخَرُّوبَةَ al-ḵarrūbata	خَرُّوبَةَ ḵarrūbata
genitive	خَرُّوبَةٍ ḵarrūbatin	الْخَرُّوبَةِ al-ḵarrūbati	خَرُّوبَةِ ḵarrūbati
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb	الْخَرُّوب al-ḵarrūb	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb
nominative	خَرُّوبٌ ḵarrūbun	الْخَرُّوبُ al-ḵarrūbu	خَرُّوبُ ḵarrūbu
accusative	خَرُّوبًا ḵarrūban	الْخَرُّوبَ al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَ ḵarrūba
genitive	خَرُّوبٍ ḵarrūbin	الْخَرُّوبِ al-ḵarrūbi	خَرُّوبِ ḵarrūbi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَرُّوبَتَيْن ḵarrūbatayn	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْن al-ḵarrūbatayn	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
nominative	خَرُّوبَتَانِ ḵarrūbatāni	الْخَرُّوبَتَانِ al-ḵarrūbatāni	خَرُّوبَتَا ḵarrūbatā
accusative	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
genitive	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt	الْخَرُّوبَات al-ḵarrūbāt	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt
nominative	خَرُّوبَاتٌ ḵarrūbātun	الْخَرُّوبَاتُ al-ḵarrūbātu	خَرُّوبَاتُ ḵarrūbātu
accusative	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti
genitive	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti

Descendants

→ Catalan: garrofa, garrova
→ Galician: alfarroba
→ Medieval Latin: carruba, carubla
- → French: caroube, carobe
  - French: caroube, carouge
    - → Romanian: carub
  - → English: carob
    - → Irish: carúb
- Italian: carruba, caruba
→ Old Navarro-Aragonese: algarrofa
→ Portuguese: alfarroba
→ Sicilian: carruva
→ Spanish: algarroba, garroba, garrofa