casbah

English

Alternative forms

• kasbah, qasbah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkaz.bɑː/
• (General American) 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.

Translations

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

• Japanese: カスバ (kasuba)
• Norwegian: festning m

• Portuguese: casbá f

Anagrams

• Bachas, Schaab, bachas

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French

Alternative forms

• kasbah

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ba/

Noun

casbah f (plural casbahs)

1. casbah

Further reading

• “casbah” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).