sabha

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noun

a public meeting, assembly, or organized group

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

sabha1

nounsabha (plural sabhas)

plural sabhas

Sabha2

proper noun

alternative Sabhā

  1. A city in Libya.

    When he reached the Libyan desert city of Sabha, which has become the main staging post on the trans-Sahara migration route, he was kidnapped and held for four months until his family in Nigeria could scrape together an $800 ransom.

    2020 February 13, Roland Oliphant, “'I have lost four years of my life': the desperate migrants stuck in squalid Libyan camps”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025

Origin

sabha · noun

  1. Hindiसभा
  2. Englishsabha

From Hindi सभा (sabhā).

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Sabha · proper noun

  1. Arabicسَبْهَا
  2. EnglishSabha

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْهَا (sabhā).

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Translations

Arabic سَبْهَا
  • سَبْهَا (sabhā)Translations
Hindi सबहा
  • सबहा (sabhā)Translations
Persian سبها
  • سبها (sabhâ)Translations

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Cite this entry
APA

sabha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabha

MLA

“sabha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sabha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabha.

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