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kasiba

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).[1]

Noun

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kasiba class IX (plural kasiba class X)

  1. barrel (metallic tube of a gun)

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248 Nr. 2294
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