chírba

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Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Romance language, from Latin cerva.

Noun

chírba (plural chirǎb)

  1. doe (female deer)
    • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana:
      Cierua henbra. Chǐrbal[sic] chirǎb‎.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, page 92