chírba
Andalusian Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from a Romance language, from Latin cerva.
Noun
chírba f (plural chiráb)
- doe (female deer)
- 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana, page 73r:
- Cierua henbra. Chǐrbal[sic] chirǎb.
- Doe. chírba chiráb.
References
- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, LCCN 96052434, page 92