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ezba

ezba noun: in the Arab World, a plot of farmland with its associated buildings.

Noun

ezba (plural ezbas)

  1. In the Arab World, a plot of farmland with its associated buildings.
    • There were six villages and about thirty ezbas (farm communities) with a total population of some 32,000.1955, University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology, Report of the Director of the Museum of Zoology to the Board of Regents, page 37
    • As they approached the farm, the young women began to argue with one another in the sharp strident tones which the menfolk of the ezba usually use in their arguments; […]1968, Mahmoud Manzalaoui, Arabic Writing Today: The Short Story, volume 1, page 245

Forms of ezba

pluralezbas

Origin of ezba

From Arabic عِزْبَة (ʕizba).

Questions about ezba

What does ezba mean?
Ezba means in the Arab World, a plot of farmland with its associated buildings.
What part of speech is ezba?
Ezba is a noun.
What is the plural of ezba?
The plural of ezba is ezbas.

Words near ezba in the dictionary

  1. ezafe
  2. ezafeh
  3. ezafehs
  4. ezafes
  5. ezatiostat
  6. ezba
  7. ezbas
  8. ezcurrite
  9. Ezdîkî
  10. eze
  11. Eze.

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