ظربان

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • ظِرْبَاء (ẓirbāʔ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.ri.baːn/

Noun

ظَرِبَان • (ẓaribān) m (plural ظَرَابِين (ẓarābīn) or ظَرَابِيّ (ẓarābiyy) or ظِرْبَى (ẓirbā))

  1. polecat
  2. (modern) skunk

Declension
Declension of noun ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظَرِبَان
ẓaribān		 الظَّرِبَان
aẓ-ẓaribān		 ظَرِبَان
ẓaribān
Nominative ظَرِبَانٌ
ẓaribānun		 الظَّرِبَانُ
aẓ-ẓaribānu		 ظَرِبَانُ
ẓaribānu
Accusative ظَرِبَانًا
ẓaribānan		 الظَّرِبَانَ
aẓ-ẓaribāna		 ظَرِبَانَ
ẓaribāna
Genitive ظَرِبَانٍ
ẓaribānin		 الظَّرِبَانِ
aẓ-ẓaribāni		 ظَرِبَانِ
ẓaribāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظَرِبَانَيْن
ẓaribānayn		 الظَّرِبَانَيْن
aẓ-ẓaribānayn		 ظَرِبَانَيْ
ẓaribānay
Nominative ظَرِبَانَانِ
ẓaribānāni		 الظَّرِبَانَانِ
aẓ-ẓaribānāni		 ظَرِبَانَا
ẓaribānā
Accusative ظَرِبَانَيْنِ
ẓaribānayni		 الظَّرِبَانَيْنِ
aẓ-ẓaribānayni		 ظَرِبَانَيْ
ẓaribānay
Genitive ظَرِبَانَيْنِ
ẓaribānayni		 الظَّرِبَانَيْنِ
aẓ-ẓaribānayni		 ظَرِبَانَيْ
ẓaribānay
Plural basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظَرَابِين‎; ظَرَابِي‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīn‎; ẓarābī‎; ẓirbā		 الظَّرَابِين‎; الظَّرَابِي‎; الظِّرْبَى
aẓ-ẓarābīn‎; aẓ-ẓarābī‎; aẓ-ẓirbā		 ظَرَابِين‎; ظَرَابِي‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīn‎; ẓarābī‎; ẓirbā
Nominative ظَرَابِينُ‎; ظَرَابِيُّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīnu‎; ẓarābiyyu‎; ẓirbā		 الظَّرَابِينُ‎; الظَّرَابِيُّ‎; الظِّرْبَى
aẓ-ẓarābīnu‎; aẓ-ẓarābiyyu‎; aẓ-ẓirbā		 ظَرَابِينُ‎; ظَرَابِيُّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīnu‎; ẓarābiyyu‎; ẓirbā
Accusative ظَرَابِينَ‎; ظَرَابِيَّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīna‎; ẓarābiyya‎; ẓirbā		 الظَّرَابِينَ‎; الظَّرَابِيَّ‎; الظِّرْبَى
aẓ-ẓarābīna‎; aẓ-ẓarābiyya‎; aẓ-ẓirbā		 ظَرَابِينَ‎; ظَرَابِيَّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīna‎; ẓarābiyya‎; ẓirbā
Genitive ظَرَابِينَ‎; ظَرَابِيَّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīna‎; ẓarābiyya‎; ẓirbā		 الظَّرَابِينِ‎; الظَّرَابِيِّ‎; الظِّرْبَى
aẓ-ẓarābīni‎; aẓ-ẓarābiyyi‎; aẓ-ẓirbā		 ظَرَابِينِ‎; ظَرَابِيِّ‎; ظِرْبَى
ẓarābīni‎; ẓarābiyyi‎; ẓirbā

Derived terms
  • ظُرَيْبَان (ẓuraybān, diminutive)

Descendants
  • Moroccan Arabic: ضربان (ḍurbān, “porcupine”)
    • → Israeli Hebrew: דָּרְבָּן (dorbā́n)

Further reading
  • “ظربان” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “ظربان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 86b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ظربان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1909c–1910a
  • Venzlaff, Helga (1977) Der marokkanische Drogenhändler und seine Ware. Ein Beitrag zu Terminologie und volkstümlichem Gebrauch traditioneller arabischer Materia Medica (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen der orientalischen Kommission; 31) (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, →ISBN, pages 158–160
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