qasab
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Etymology
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From
Arabic
قَصَبَة
(
qaṣaba
)
.
Noun
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qasab
(
plural
qasabs
)
(
historical
)
An ancient
Arabian
measurement
of
volume
representing the amount of
water
sufficient to
irrigate
a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.
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