كوارة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic כוורתא / כורתא / ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārtā, basket; beehive), from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/⁠kuru⁠/, short reed mat, collection or roll of reeds; a woven thing; hence a basket), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, to twist, to wind, to turn; a bundle, unit of measure, a basketful of barley).

Noun

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كُوَارَة or كُوَّارَة or كِوَارَة (kuwāra or kuwwāra or kiwāraf (plural كَوَائِر (kawāʔir))

  1. beehive
    Synonyms: خَلِيَّة (ḵaliyya), قَفِير (qafīr), مَنْحَل (manḥal), جَبْح (jabḥ), عَسَّالَة (ʕassāla)

Declension

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كوارة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 497
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 125
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كوارة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 70
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كوارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2637
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كوارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1127