درباس

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Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دروازی (darvâzi, warden) suffixed from درواز (darvâz), دروازه (darvâza, doors, gate).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دِرْبَاس (dirbāsm (Classical Arabic)

  1. lion
    Synonyms: أَسَد (ʔasad), لَيْث (layṯ), ضُرْغَام (ḍurḡām); see also Thesaurus:أسد
  2. rabid dog
  3. brave
    Synonyms: شُجَاع (šujāʕ), بَاسِل (bāsil), مِقْدَام (miqdām)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Algerian Arabic: طاروس
  • Andalusian Arabic: طروس (ṭarūs, dog)
  • Maltese: dorbies, dirbies, durbies, dirwies
  • Moroccan Arabic: طاروس (ṭāṛōs, hunting-dog)

References[edit]

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 808