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- Arabic · derived fromقَصَبَة
- English todayqasab
From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
qasab
Today it means: An ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions. Full definition →
Arabic قَصَبَة