كابوريا

Egyptian Arabic

كابوريا

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καβούρια (kavoúria), plural of καβούρι (kavoúri, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bur.ja/, [kæˈboɾjæ]

Noun

كابوريا • (kaburya) f (collective, singulative كابورياية f (kaburyāya))

1. crabs

   Synonyms: ابو جلمبو, سرطان, سلطعون

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895) “كابوريا”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban