شبر
العربية
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شبر¹
Where it comes from
A trade term presumably acquired by Arabic when it was employed for transactions to the north of the Peninsula in farther antiquity, from Hebrew שֶׁבֶר (šeḇer) in a vocalization more conservative than the Tiberian one, or from Ammonite or Old Aramaic, or even directly Akkadian 𒆬𒉻𒁺 (KU₃.PAD.DU /šibirtu, šabartu, šebirtu, šipirtu/, “break, fragment, lump of a stone or ore etc.”), derivations of Proto-Semitic *ṯabar- (“to break in twain”), the later Aramaic parallel to which also was borrowed by Arabic as تِبْر (tibr, “pure ore of gold or silver”).
noun شِبْر · šibr · أَشْبَار · الشِّبْر
- span (the measure of the hand)
verb شَبَرَ · šabara · يَشْبُرُ · يَشْبِرُ · شَبْر
- to mete with the span, to apportion by the شِبْر (šibr)
noun شَبْر · šabr · الشَّبْر · شَبْرٌ
- verbal noun of شَبَرَ (šabara) (form I)
- dation, gift
verb شَبَّرَ · šabbara · يُشَبِّرُ · تَشْبِير · مُشَبِّر
- to magnify, to extol
- to gesture, to sign with the hand
شبر²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sūber.
noun شُبِر · شُبَر · šubir · šubar
- cork oak (Quercus suber) وقال غيره يتخذ لها الخلايا من خشب الأرز ومن طين طيب الريح وتطين الخلايا من خارجها برماد وأخثاء البقر مدقوق معجون بالماء ويتخذ لها بعض الناس الخلايا من قشور الشبر وتسميه العامة «جناحا»
In English
Talk about this word "شبر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. شبر. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1 "شبر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1.Cite this
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title = {شبر},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%B1},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
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