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Where does “カスバ” come from?

カスバ (Japanese) comes from French casbah, from Arabic قَصَبَة — cane, reed.

カスバ (Japanese): casbah

Definitions

  1. casbah

Ancestry of “カスバ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcasbahcasbah
2Arabicقَصَبَةcane, reed
Every word from Arabic قَصَبَة →