حرباء
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حرباء
- /ħir.baːʔ/
Where it comes from
* From حَرْبَة (ḥarba, “dart, javelin; weapon in a general sense”) from the root ح ر ب (ḥ r b); likely a reference to the projectile-like tongue of a chameleon. Cognate with Akkadian 𒁇𒁯𒁯𒉡 (/ḫurbabillu/, “chameleon”) and Eblaite 𒄯𒁀𒌝 (ḫur.ba.um, “chameleon”).
* Deriving from the root ح ر ب (ḥ r b) in the sense of "becoming enraged or to grow agitated", as the changing of color is used idiomatically to denote changes in states or moods in Semitic Languages.
* Alternatively, philologist Georg Freytag lists it as from a Persian خربا (xorbâ) (> خوربان (xwarbân, “sun-keeper”)), giving the meaning “guardian of the sun”; perhaps related to Persian آفتابپرست (âftâb-parast, “chameleon”, literally “sun-worshiper”).
noun حِرْبَاء · ḥirbāʔ · حَرَابِيّ · الْحِرْبَاء
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chameleon
Similar: جَمَل اليَهُود
In English
- chameleon reptile
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