sabar

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English

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Noun

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sabar (plural sabars)

  1. A traditional drum from Senegal, generally played with one hand and one stick.

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay sabar, from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sabar

  1. patient, forbearing

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Adjective

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sabar (Jawi spelling صبر)

  1. patient

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Maltese

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Root
s-b-r
7 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Noun

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sabar m

  1. patience (ability to wait)
    Synonym: paċenzja
  2. patience, endurance (ability to accept sorrow and hardship)
    Synonym: paċenzja
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
      X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
      ja Sena Ġdida?
      Ah! biegħed minna
      il-għelt, il-ġlied,
      id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
      rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
      rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
      ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
      ġibilna l-għaqda,
      ġibilna s-sliem,
      ġibilna l-ħelsien!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic صَبَرَ (ṣabara).

Verb

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sabar (imperfect jisbor, past participle misbur, active participle sieber)

  1. to tolerate, to be patient
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of sabar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sbart sbart sabar sbarna sbartu sabru
f sabret
imperfect m nisbor tisbor jisbor nisbru tisbru jisbru
f tisbor
imperative isbor isbru

Wolof

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Etymology

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Probably from Wolof sab (to sing, yell, resonate, chirp, echo). Both possibly borrowed from Serer.

Noun

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sabar (definite form sabar gi)

  1. a traditional drum used in Wolof and Serer music

References

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  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 185