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وابور

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vapeur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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وَابُور (wābūrm (plural وَابُورَات (wābūrāt))

  1. anything powered by steam
    1. steam engine
    2. boiler, generator
    3. cooker, stove
    4. lamp, lantern, luminary
      Synonyms: سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), نِبْرَاس (nibrās)
    5. locomotive, steam train

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Afar: baabúr
  • Amharic: ባቡር (babur)
  • Somali: babuur
  • Tigre: ባቡር (babur)
  • Tigrinya: ባቡር (babur)

References

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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “وابور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 61
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “وابور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1370