ardeb
[ ahr-deb ]
noun
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
Origin of ardeb
11860–65; <dialectal Arabic ardabb ≪ Aramaic 'rdb, perhaps <Old Persian; compare Egyptian Demotic 'rtb,late Akkadian ardabu, Elamite irtiba,Syriac 'arṭba,Greek artábē,Arabic 'irdabb ≪ Aramaic
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How to use ardeb in a sentence
Every evening Yakub entertained hundreds of the Ansar with rich food, and distributed several ardebs of dates.
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British Dictionary definitions for ardeb
ardeb
/ (ˈɑːdɛb) /
noun
a unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. In Egypt it is approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres
Origin of ardeb
1C19: from Arabic ardabb, from Greek artabē a Persian measure
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