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- Gulf Arabic · borrowed fromالشارقة
- English todaySharjah
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An emirate of the United Arab Emirates. Full definition →
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.