Etymology

casbah

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Today it means: The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. Full definition →

Arabic قَصَبَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromقَصَبَة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromقَصَبَة
  3. English todaycasbah

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Words from the same roots

Arabicقَصَبَة all →

cassabaKasbaqasab

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.