Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From إِبِل (ʔibil, camels); from the root و ب ل (w-b-l).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔi.baː.la/, /ʔib.baː.la/

Noun edit

إِبَالَة or إِبَّالَة (ʔibāla or ʔibbālaf (plural إِبَالَات (ʔibālāt) or إِبَّالَات (ʔibbālāt)) (chiefly obsolete)

  1. administration of riches, the husbandry of many camels
  2. bundle; bale

Declension edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “إبالة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 6a
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “إبالة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN