Etymograph

English

kirbeh

Kirbeh comes from Arabic قِرْبَة ‘water container’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentقِرْبَةqirba‘water container’
  2. Englishtodaykirbeh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentقِرْبَةqirba‘water container’
  2. Englishtodaykirbeh

Today it means

noun An animal-skin bag used to carry water in the Middle East.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic قِرْبَة / kirbeh