غربال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣir.baːl/

Noun

غِرْبَال (ḡirbāl) m (plural غَرَابِل (ḡarābil))

  1. sieve

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غربل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Alternative forms

  • غربیل (ğarbil)

Etymology

From Arabic, from Persian گربال (gerbâl), from Middle Persian *girw- (to seize, grasp, hold).

Noun

غربال (ğarbâl)

  1. sieve
  2. riddle
  3. cribble
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