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Where does “قارب” come from?

قارب (Arabic) comes from Arabic قَرِبَ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

قارب (Arabic): a small boat, a skiff, a dingy; to be one coming...

Definitions

  1. a small boat, a skiff, a dingy; to be one coming...

Ancestry of “قارب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَرِبَ“to approach”
2Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
3Arabicرَأَىto see
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