Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Form-I verb of the root غ ب ن (ḡ-b-n).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

غَبَنَ (ḡabana) I, non-past يَغْبِنُ‎ (yaḡbinu)

  1. to cheat, to swindle, to scam
  2. to tailor
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verbal noun of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غَبْن or غُبْن (ḡabn or ḡubnm (plural غُبُون (ḡubūn))

  1. fraud, deceit
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Persian: غبن (ğabn)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

غِبْنَ (ḡibna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of غَابَ (ḡāba)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of غَابَ (ḡāba)

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غبن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غبن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 779

Chadian Arabic edit

Root
غ ب ن
1 term

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

غبن (ḵabban) (non-past يغنب (yiḵabbin))

  1. to get mad

References edit

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon[2], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 99