דורבן

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דורבן¹

  • /doʁˈban/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

The sense "porcupine" is a semantic loan from Moroccan Arabic ضربان (ḍurbān, “porcupine”), from Classical Arabic ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān, “polecat”).

noun דׇּרְבָּן · dorbán · דורבנות · דׇּרְבָּנוֹת · דורבנים · דׇּרְבָּנִים

  1. masculine spike, spur דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים כַּדׇּרְבֹנוֹת וּכְמַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים
  2. masculine, uncountable plantar fasciitis
  3. masculine porcupine

דורבן²

  • /duʁˈban/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From דורבן / דׇּרְבָּן (dorbán, “a spur, a spike”).

verb דֻּרְבַּן · durbán · דִּרְבֵּן

  1. construction pu'al, literally to be proded, to be spurred
  2. broadly, construction pu'al to be encouraged, to be spurred on במסגרת תהליכי החיקוי אחים לומדים שפה, מפתחים תחומי עניין, מצטרפים בעקבות האח לתנועת נוער, מפתחים אומץ לעשות דברים שהם לא העזו והאח כן, מדורבנים להצלחה בלימודים ועוד.

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MLA

"דורבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9F. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

דורבן. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9F

Chicago

"דורבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9F.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {דורבן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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