مأرب

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Arabic

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Root
ء ر ب (ʔ r b)
1 term

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَأْرَب (maʔrabm (plural مَآرِب (maʔārib))

  1. need, necessity, goal
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:18:
      قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
      qāla hiya ʕaṣāya ʔatawakkaʔu ʕalayhā waʔahuššu bihā ʕalā ḡanamī waliya fīhā maʔāribu ʔuḵrā
      He said, "It is my stick. I lean on it, I beat down with it for my sheep, and I have many other uses of it.

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مَأْرِب (maʔribf

  1. Marib (a city in Yemen)