كهربا

See also: کهربا and كهرباء

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْرَبَاء (kahrabāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

كهربا • (kəhrəbəf

  1. electricity

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کهربا (kahrobâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cɛhɾyˈbɑ]

Noun

كهربا • (kehrüba)

  1. amber, succin

Descendants

  • Turkish: kehribar
  • Albanian: qelibar
  • Aromanian: chihlibáre, chehribár
  • Bulgarian: кехлибар (kehlibar)
  • Greek: κεχριμπάρι (kechrimpári)
  • Macedonian: килибар (kilibar)
  • Romanian: chihlimbar
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћилѝба̄р, ћирѝба̄р, ћелѝба̄р
    Latin script: ćilìbār, ćirìbār, ćelìbār

References

  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “986. ЌIHLIBÁRE”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎[1], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 146

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ه ر ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَهْرَبَاء (kahrabāʔ), from Persian کهربا (kahrobâ, amber).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kah.ra.ba/, [ˈkɑh.rɑ.bɑ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

كهربا • (kahrabaf

  1. electricity
  2. X-ray

Derived terms