azarbe
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic السَّرَاب (as-sarāb, “sewage”), through Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Catalan assarb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθaɾbe/ [aˈθaɾ.β̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsaɾbe/ [aˈsaɾ.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -aɾbe
- Syllabification: a‧zar‧be
Noun
azarbe m (plural azarbes)
- irrigation ditch
Further reading
- “azarbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014