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sabil

sabil is the alternative spelling of sebil.

Meaning of sebil

Noun

sebil (plural sebils)

  1. A fountain, a small structure in a Muslim area where water is freely dispensed to members of the public.
    • Her tomb is at the far end of the complex, completed in 1796, which also includes a sebil, soup kitchen, school, large cemetery, […]2014, David J. Roxburgh, Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture: Essays in Honor of Renata Holod, BRILL, →ISBN

Forms of sabil

pluralsabils

Questions about sabil

What is sabil the alternative spelling of?
Sabil is the alternative spelling of sebil.

Words near sabil in the dictionary

  1. sabich
  2. sabicu
  3. sabicus
  4. sabieite
  5. Sabik
  6. sabil
  7. Sabillon
  8. Sabillons
  9. sabils
  10. sabin
  11. Sabin vaccine

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