garba
English
Noun
garba (countable and uncountable, plural garbas)
- A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a circle often around a lamp.
Anagrams
- Abgar, Barga, Braga, Gabar, gabra
Catalan
Etymology
From Frankish *garba, from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”). Cognate with French gerbe, Spanish garba.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾ.bə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈɡar.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾ.ba/
Noun
garba f (plural garbes)
- sheaf (bundle of stalks)
Derived terms
- agarbar
- garbera
- malgarbat
Further reading
- “garba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “garba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
Italian
Verb
garba
- inflection of garbare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- braga
Latin
Etymology
From Old High German garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡar.ba/, [ˈɡärbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡar.ba/, [ˈɡärbä]
Noun
garba f (genitive garbae); first declension
- (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.
- Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.
- c. 1300,, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | 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’s 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
- caraway
Declension
| 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 Frankish *garba, from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”). Cognate with French gerbe, Catalan garba.
Pronunciation
- (Languedoc) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾβo/
Audio (file)
Noun
garba f (plural garbas)
- (Languedoc) sheaf
Oromo
Noun
garba
- sea
Spanish
Etymology
From Frankish *garba, from Proto-Germanic *garbō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab; gather up; rake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾba/ [ˈɡaɾ.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -aɾba
- Syllabification: gar‧ba
Noun
garba f (plural garbas)
- sheaf of some cereals cultivated to make bread.
Verb
garba
- inflection of garbar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “garba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yagara
Determiner
garba
- 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.