جورب

العربية

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جورب

/d͡ʒaw.rab/

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Possibly from (or cognate with) Persian جوراب (jôrâb, “sock, stocking”), with earlier forms گورب (gôrab), گوراب (gôrâb), speculatively a metathesis of Middle Persian *gōrb/pāy (literally “grave of foot”), which has potential to be folk etymology. Alternatively, the Persian and/or the Arab forms might have been borrowed from Aramaic גְּרָב / גְּרַב (gəraḇ, gərāḇ, “skin bottle or pouch”), though it remains unknown in which language the new meaning as a footwear developed first. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܽܘܪܒܳܐ (gurbā) and Central Kurdish گۆروا (gorwa), گۆرە (gore); the Modern Hebrew גֶּרֶב (gérev) is a modern invention based on the Arabic root.

noun جَوْرَب · jawrab · جَوَارِب · جَوَارِبَة · الْجَوْرَب

sock
stocking

In English

sock covering for the foot
stocking garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {جورب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}