ezba

English

Etymology

From Arabic عِزْبَة (ʕizba).

Noun

ezba (plural ezbas)

1. In the Arab World, a plot of farmland with its associated buildings.
   • 1955, University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology, Report of the Director of the Museum of Zoology to the Board of Regents, page 37:

     There were six villages and about thirty ezbas (farm communities) with a total population of some 32,000.

   • 1968, Mahmoud Manzalaoui, Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story, volume 1, page 245:

     As they approached the farm, the young women began to argue with one another in the sharp strident tones which the menfolk of the ezba usually use in their arguments; […]

Anagrams

• Beza, Baze, Baez, baze