casbah

English

Alternative forms

• cusbah, kasbah, qasbah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaz.bɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkæz.bɑ/

Noun

casbah (plural casbahs)

1. The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
2. (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
3. (slang) A person's house or flat/apartment.
   • 2021, Erin L. Jungdahl, Meet Cute Chihuahua

     He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.

Translations

the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East

• Finnish: kasba
• Japanese: カスバ (kasuba)
• Norwegian: festning m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: casbá f
• Turkish: kasaba (tr)

Anagrams

• Bachas, Schaab, bachas

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French

Alternative forms

• kasbah

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ba/

• Audio:

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Noun

casbah f (plural casbahs)

1. casbah

Further reading

• “casbah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.