Where does “חרבא” come from?

חרבא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic ḥarb- — blade, knife, long and sharp implement.

חרבא (Aramaic): sword, dagger

Definitions

  1. sword, dagger

Ancestry of “חרבא”, step by step

חרבא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ḥarb-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticḥarb-blade, knife, long and sharp implement

via Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*x̣arb-—

Words derived from “חרבא”

Every word from Proto-Semitic ḥarb- →