Cabar

Cabar arabice capparis .b. pro .p. littera.

Apparatus:

.b. pro .p. littera. om. e

Translation:

Cabar is Arabic for Latin capparis {"capers"}. In Arabic the letter {= sound} /p/ was changed for /b/.

Commentary:

Wehr (1976); ﻗﺑﺎﺭ /qubbār, qabbār/ "capers (bot.)".

See also: Kabar

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