azarbe

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic السَّرَاب (as-sarāb, “sewage”), through Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Catalan assarb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθaɾbe/ [aˈθaɾ.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsaɾbe/ [aˈsaɾ.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -aɾbe
• Syllabification: a‧zar‧be

Noun

azarbe m (plural azarbes)

1. irrigation ditch

Further reading

• “azarbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10