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ardeb

ardeb noun: a Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.

Noun

ardeb (plural ardebs)

  1. A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
    • 1 ardeb of wheat is about 150 kg
    • 1 ardeb of barley is about 120 kg

Forms of ardeb

pluralardebs
alternative formadeb

Origin of ardeb

From Arabic إِرْدَبّ (ʔirdabb), spoken in Egyptian Arabic something like /ar.ˈdæbb/.

Questions about ardeb

What does ardeb mean?
Ardeb means a Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
What part of speech is ardeb?
Ardeb is a noun.
What is the plural of ardeb?
The plural of ardeb is ardebs.

Words near ardeb in the dictionary

  1. ardassine
  2. Ardath
  3. Arddleen
  4. ardealite
  5. ardealites
  6. ardeb
  7. ardebs
  8. Ardee
  9. Ardeer
  10. ardeh
  11. ardeid

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