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Shkobba

Shkobba proper noun: a 40-card playing deck with classic 4 suits with each consisting of 10 numbers from 1 to 10. Probably an alternation of Italian game Scopa from which the lemma was borrowed.

Proper noun

Shkobba (uncountable)

  1. A 40-card playing deck with classic 4 suits with each consisting of 10 numbers from 1 to 10. Probably an alternation of Italian game Scopa from which the lemma was borrowed

Forms of Shkobba

alternative formChkobba

Origin of Shkobba

Learned borrowing from Tunisian Arabic شكبة

Questions about Shkobba

What does Shkobba mean?
Shkobba means a 40-card playing deck with classic 4 suits with each consisting of 10 numbers from 1 to 10. Probably an alternation of Italian game Scopa from which the lemma was borrowed.
What part of speech is Shkobba?
Shkobba is a proper noun.

Words near Shkobba in the dictionary

  1. shkaliks
  2. shkatulkalite
  3. shkedei marak
  4. Shklov
  5. Shklow
  6. Shkobba
  7. Shkodran
  8. Shkodrans
  9. Shkodër
  10. shkotz
  11. shkotzim

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