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garba

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See also: garbá

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Gujarati ગરબા (garbā). Doublet of Delphos.

Noun

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garba (countable and uncountable, plural garbas)

  1. A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a circle often around a lamp.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin garba (sheaf).

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Noun

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garba f (plural garbes)

  1. sheaf (bundle of stalks)

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Italian

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Verb

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garba

  1. inflection of garbare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Frankish *garbā (sheaf).

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Noun

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garba f (genitive garbae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A sheaf: a unit of arrows, grain, etc.
    • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
      Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.
      The sheaf of arrows [lit. shafts] is formed from thirty pieces.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative garba garbae
genitive garbae garbārum
dative garbae garbīs
accusative garbam garbās
ablative garbā garbīs
vocative garba garbae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: garba
  • French: gerbe
  • Occitan: garba
  • Spanish: garba

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Garbe (yarrow) (now only in the compound Schafgarbe), from Proto-West Germanic *garwu.

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Noun

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garba f

  1. caraway

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Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin garba (sheaf).

Pronunciation

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  • (Languedoc) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾβo/
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Noun

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garba f (plural garbas)

  1. (Languedoc) sheaf

Oromo

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Noun

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garba

  1. sea

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾba/ [ˈɡaɾ.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɾba
  • Syllabification: gar‧ba

Etymology 1

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From Catalan garba

Noun

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garba f (plural garbas)

  1. sheaf of some cereals cultivated to make bread

Etymology 2

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Verb

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garba

  1. inflection of garbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Yagara

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Determiner

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garba

  1. another

References

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  • Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.