sabar

See also: Sabar

English

Noun

sabar (plural sabars)

1. A traditional drum from Senegal, generally played with one hand and one stick.

Anagrams

• Arabs, Baars, Baras, Basra, Sabra, abras, arbas, sabra

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sabar, from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabar/
• Rhymes: -bar, -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: sa‧bar

Adjective

sabar (comparative lebih sabar, superlative paling sabar)

1. patient, forbearing

Derived terms

• bersabar
• kesabaran
• mempersabar
• menyabarkan
• penyabar
• tersabar

Further reading

• “sabar”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): [sa.ba(r)]

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• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): [sa.bar]

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• (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ba]

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• Rhymes: -abar, -bar, -ar
• Hyphenation: sa‧bar

Adjective

sabar (Jawi spelling صبر, comparative lebih sabar, superlative paling sabar)

1. patient

   Sabarlah, sekarang baru pukul 9.

   Be patient, it's only 9 o'clock.

2. calm

   Synonym: tenang

   Jawablah soalan ujian dengan sabar.

   Answer the test questions calmly.

Affixations

• bersabar (“to be patient”)
• kesabaran (“patience”)
• menyabarkan
• penyabar (“patient person”)
• tersabar (“able to be patient”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: sabar (inherited)

Further reading

• "sabar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Root
s-b-r
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bar/
• Rhymes: -abar

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr)

Maltese sabar

Inherited from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Noun

sabar m

1. patience (ability to wait)

   Synonym: paċenzja

2. patience, endurance (ability to accept sorrow and hardship)

   Synonym: paċenzja

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Arabic صَبَرَ (ṣabara)

Maltese sabar

Inherited from Arabic صَبَرَ (ṣabara).

Verb

sabar (imperfect jisbor, past participle misbur, active participle sieber)

1. to tolerate, to be patient

Conjugation

Conjugation of sabar (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sbart	sbart	sabar	sbarna	sbartu	sabru
	f			sabret
imperfect	m	nisbor	tisbor	jisbor	nisbru	tisbru	jisbru
	f			tisbor
imperative			isbor			isbru
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sbartx	sbartx	sabarx	sbarniex	sbartux	sabrux
	f			sabritx
imperfect	m	nisborx	tisborx	jisborx	nisbrux	tisbrux	jisbrux
	f			tisborx
imperative			tisborx			tisbrux

Wolof

Etymology

Probably from Wolof sab (“to sing, yell, resonate, chirp, echo”). Both possibly borrowed from Serer.

Noun

sabar (definite form sabar gi)

1. a traditional drum used in Wolof and Serer music

References

• Fal, Arame; Santos, Rosine; Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990), Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 185