chírba
Andalusian Arabic
editEtymology
editPresumably borrowed from Mozarabic (judging by the initial /t͡ʃ/), from Latin cerva.
Noun
editchírba f (plural chiráb)
- doe (female deer)
References
edit- Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 92