azarbe

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic السَّرَاب (as-sarāb, “sewage”), through Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Catalan assarb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθaɾbe/ [aˈθaɾ.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsaɾbe/ [aˈsaɾ.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾbe
• Syllabification: a‧zar‧be

Noun

azarbe m (plural azarbes)

1. irrigation ditch

Further reading

• “azarbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014