Etymology

Ma'bar

Today it means: The Coromandel coast of India. Full definition →

Arabic مَعْبَر
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمَعْبَر
  2. English todayMa'bar

From Arabic مَعْبَر (maʕbar, literally “a crossing”); this was the name used in medieval Islamic texts.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.