Etymology

sabir

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Sabir sabir ← Spanish saber ← Latin sapere
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sabir · noun1

From Sabir.

Sabir · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromsapere
  2. Spanish · derived fromsaber
  3. Sabir · borrowed fromsabir“know”
  4. English todaySabir

Borrowed from Sabir sabir (“know”), in Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, probably from Spanish saber, ultimately from Latin sapere.

Sabir · noun, proper noun3

Possibly a native Turkic formation; see Sabir. Cognate to Greek Σαβίνος (Savínos), Σάβιροι (Sáviroi).

Sabir · proper noun4

  1. Arabic · derived fromصَابِر
  2. English todaySabir

Ultimately from Arabic صَابِر (ṣābir).

Sabir · proper noun5

  1. Azerbaijani · derived fromSabir
  2. English todaySabir

From Azerbaijani Sabir or Səbir.

Words from the same roots

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