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abir

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi अबीर (abīr).

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(US) IPA(key): /əˈbɪɹ/

Noun

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abir (uncountable)

  1. (India) An aromatic red powder that is used during the Holi festival.[1]
    Synonym: gulal

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4

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Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Spanish haber.

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abír

  1. assets, property

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Sundanese [Term?] and Javanese ꦲꦧꦶꦂ (abir).

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Noun

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abir (plural abir-abir, first-person possessive abirku, second-person possessive abirmu, third-person possessive abirnya)

  1. knife:
    1. short knife (Sundanese)
    2. long knife (Javanese)

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K'iche'

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Adverb

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abir

  1. last year
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Scots

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Etymology

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From Old Norse afberja.

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Verb

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abir

  1. (Orkney) To thresh corn partially.

Noun

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abir

  1. (Orkney) A sheaf of grain half-threshed.

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