garba

See also: garbá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ગરબા (garbā). Doublet of Delphos.

Noun

garba (countable and uncountable, plural garbas)

1. A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a circle often around a lamp.

Anagrams

• Braga, Gabar, gabra, Barga, Abgar, GABAR

Albanian

Noun

garba

1. inflection of garbë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin garba (“sheaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡar.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡaɾ.ba]

Noun

garba f (plural garbes)

1. sheaf (bundle of stalks)

Derived terms

• agarbar
• garbera
• malgarbat

Further reading

• “garba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “garba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “garba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “garba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese garba, from Old Javanese garbha, from Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “the womb; fetus, embryo; child, offspring, brood; the inside, middle or interior of anything”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarba/ [ˈɡar.ba]
• Rhymes: -arba
• Syllabification: gar‧ba

Noun

garba (plural garba-garba)

1. (archaic) belly, stomach

   Synonym: perut

Related terms

• garbarata

Further reading

• “garba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Verb

garba

1. inflection of garbare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• braga

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese garbha (“womb; inside; foetus, embryo; child”), from Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “womb; fetus, embryo; child, offspring, brood; the inside, middle or interior of anything”).

Noun

garba

1. (literary) womb
2. (krama) abdomen, belly, stomach
3. (archaic) join, linkage, sequence

Hyponyms

• guwa garba

Derived terms

• nggarba

Descendants

• → Indonesian: garba

Further reading

• “garba”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Latin

Etymology

From Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡar.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡar.ba]

Noun

garba f (genitive garbae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A sheaf: a unit of arrows, grain, etc.
   • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:

     Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.

     The sheaf of arrows [lit. shafts] is formed from thirty pieces.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	garba	garbae
genitive	garbae	garbārum
dative	garbae	garbīs
accusative	garbam	garbās
ablative	garbā	garbīs
vocative	garba	garbae

Descendants

• → Catalan: garba
• → French: gerbe
• → Occitan: garba
• → Spanish: garba

References

• "garba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “garba”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Garbe (“yarrow”) (now only in the compound Schafgarbe), from Proto-West Germanic *garwu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarba/

Noun

garba f

1. caraway

Declension

Declension of garba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	garba	garbje	garby
Genitive	garby	garbowu	garbow
Dative	garbje	garboma	garbam
Accusative	garbu	garbje	garby
Instrumental	garbu	garboma	garbami
Locative	garbje	garboma	garbach

Synonyms

• kimjel

Derived terms

• garbowina

Occitan

Alternative forms

• gerba (Auvergne, Limousin)

Etymology

From Latin garba (“sheaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Languedoc) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾβo/

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Noun

garba f (plural garbas)

1. (Languedoc) sheaf

Oromo

Noun

garba

1. sea

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾba/ [ˈɡaɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾba
• Syllabification: gar‧ba

Etymology 1

From Catalan garba

Noun

garba f (plural garbas)

1. sheaf of some cereals cultivated to make bread

Etymology 2

Verb

garba

1. inflection of garbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “garba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Yagara

Determiner

garba

1. another

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.