chírba
Andalusian Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from a Romance language, from Latin cerva.
Noun
chírba (plural chirǎb)
- 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