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qasab

qasab noun: an ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.

Noun

qasab (plural qasabs)

  1. (historical) An ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.

Forms of qasab

pluralqasabs

Origin of qasab

From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Questions about qasab

What does qasab mean?
Qasab means an ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.
What part of speech is qasab?
Qasab is a noun.
What is the plural of qasab?
The plural of qasab is qasabs.

Words near qasab in the dictionary

  1. qarmats
  2. Qarqan
  3. QARs
  4. Qarshi
  5. QAS
  6. qasab
  7. qasabs
  8. qasbah
  9. qasbahs
  10. Qasem
  11. Qasems

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