gourbi

English edit

Etymology edit

From French gourbi, from Arabic.

Noun edit

gourbi (plural gourbis)

A tent, hut or simple dwelling-place in North Africa, especially Algeria.

Anagrams edit

Burgio, rubigo

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic قربي, from the root ق ر ب (q-r-b). Compare Arabic قُرْبَة (qurba), قُرْبَى (qurbā).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡuʁ.bi/

Noun edit

gourbi m (plural gourbis)

(Algeria) gourbi
(colloquial) shack, hovel

Further reading edit

“gourbi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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