درابة

درابة

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Presumably a derivation from دَرْب‎ (darb, “pass”).

Noun

درابة (darrāba) f (plural درابات‎ (darrābāt))

1. a kind shop-front shutter, store-front fence
2. an elevated area in front of buildings to sit
   • 2008 February 17, “حكايات رمضان "أيام زمان"..‎”, in eSyria‎:

     ‏«هيا بنا لنجلس على "الدرابة" ونتكلم». و"الدرّابة": هي مكان مرتفع في ساحة القرية مخصص للجلوس‎

     “Come to us to sit on the darrāba and talk!” And the darrāba is an elevated place on the village square destined for sitting.

Descendants

• → Turkish: daraba
  • ⇒ Turkish: taraba
    • → Bulgarian: та́раба (táraba)
    • → Macedonian: та́раба (táraba)
    • → Romanian: tarabă
    • → Serbo-Croatian: та̀раба / tàraba