sabir

English

Etymology

From Sabir.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /sɑˈbiɹ/, /s‌ɑˈbi‌ə/
• (UK) IPA: /səˈbɪə/

Noun

sabir (plural sabirs)

1. a lingua franca
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.

Anagrams

• rabis