Etymology

sabra

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Hebrew צַבָּר ← Arabic صَبَّار
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  1. Arabic · derived fromصَبَّار“cactus”
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromצַבָּר“prickly pear cactus”
  3. English todaySabra

Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.