sabir
UK/səˈbɪə(ɹ)/US/sɑˈbɪɹ/
sabir noun: a lingua franca.
Noun (1)
sabir (plural sabirs)
- a lingua franca
- My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sabir
US/sɑˈbiɹ/UK/səˈbɪə/
Sabir
- An Italian-based pidgin language used as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade from roughly the 11th to the 19th centuries.
- Synonyms:
- Lingua Franca, Mediterranean Lingua Franca
Noun (2) capitalized: Sabir
Sabir (plural Sabirs)
- A member of a (possibly Turkic) people or tribe who lived around the Caspian before the arrival of the Avars.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sabir
Sabir
- The (probably Turkic) language spoken by these people.
- […] could hardly be anything else but Hungarian. Beyond the Hungarian presence in this polyglot state, there were, he suggested, speakers of Bulğar Turkic, Türk and Sabir (which he viewed as Common Turkic) and various other tongues.2007, Peter B. Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai, András Róna-Tas, The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives, part 8, volume 17, page 14
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Sabir
Sabir
- A male given name from Arabic.
Proper noun (4) capitalized: Sabir
Sabir
- A surname.
Proper noun (5) capitalized: Sabir
Sabir
- Any of several places in Azerbaijan.
Synonyms of sabir
Forms of sabir
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sabirs |
| plural | Sabirs |
| alternative form | Savir |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | sabir |
Origin of sabir
From Sabir.
Borrowed from Sabir sabir (“know”), in Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, probably from Spanish saber, ultimately from Latin sapere.
Possibly a native Turkic formation; see Sabir. Cognate to Greek Σαβίνος (Savínos), Σάβιροι (Sáviroi).
Words that rhyme with sabir
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about sabir
- What does sabir mean?
- Sabir means a lingua franca.
- What part of speech is sabir?
- Sabir can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sabir?
- Sabir is pronounced /sɑˈbɪɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of sabir?
- The plural of sabir is sabirs.
Words near sabir in the dictionary
Source and license
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