زربية

See also: زريبة‎

Arabic

زُرْبِيَّة

Etymology

William Hoyt Worrell considers it a genuine Arabic word. It is according to him from زِرْب‎ (zirb, “canal”) and originally meant a “rug streaked with canals”, a “striped rug”, formed as فِسْقِيَّة‎ (fisqiyya, “fountain”), شَمْسِيَّة‎ (šamsiyya, “parasol”), حَنَفِيَّة‎ (ḥanafiyya, “faucet, spigot”).
It could be borrowed from Ge'ez ዘርቤት (zärbet) from ዘረበ (zäräbä, “to trample”), which Theodor Nöldeke and Arthur Jeffery find most appealing, but Wolf Leslau and Siegmund Fraenkel assume that the Ge'ez word is from the Arabic.
It has been suggested to be from a Middle Persian *hcdl-pdy (/azēr-pay/, literally “under the foot”) by Georg Hoffmann, but this is doubtful for not being attested in any Persian.
It would rather be a Middle Persian *DHBʾ-pay (/zar-pay/, literally “gold-foot”), as Jeffery corrects, but it is unsensible that this would come to mean a carpet.
It could be a *DHBʾ-ʾby (/zar-ābī/, literally “goldeny”) – compare Persian ‎ (sīmābī, “silvery”) –, to which Wilhelm Eilers and Johnny Cheung lean, and when borrowed been treated as a broken plural with the singular back-formed from the plural.
It could, as Nabīl al-Waġlīsiyy reconstructs, reflect the name of the land of Azerbaijan as it is renowned yore and today for opulent rug manufacturing, being a doublet of أَذَرِيّ‎ (ʾaḏariyy, “Azeri”) of a different segmentation including /b/ and lacking the hamzated onset.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zur.bij.ja/, IPA^(key): /zir.bij.ja/, IPA^(key): /zar.bij.ja/,

Noun

زُرْبِيَّة or زِرْبِيَّة or زَرْبِيَّة • (zurbiyya or zirbiyya or zarbiyya) f (plural زَرَابِيّ‎ (zarābiyy))

carpet, rug

Declension

Declension of noun زُرْبِيَّة (zurbiyya)‎; زِرْبِيَّة (zirbiyya)‎; زَرْبِيَّة (zarbiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُرْبِيَّة‎; زِرْبِيَّة‎; زَرْبِيَّة zurbiyya‎; zirbiyya‎; zarbiyya	الزُّرْبِيَّة‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّة‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّة‎ az-zurbiyya‎; az-zirbiyya‎; az-zarbiyya	زُرْبِيَّة‎; زِرْبِيَّة‎; زَرْبِيَّة zurbiyyat‎; zirbiyyat‎; zarbiyyat
Nominative	زُرْبِيَّةٌ‎; زِرْبِيَّةٌ‎; زَرْبِيَّةٌ zurbiyyatun‎; zirbiyyatun‎; zarbiyyatun	الزُّرْبِيَّةُ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّةُ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّةُ‎ az-zurbiyyatu‎; az-zirbiyyatu‎; az-zarbiyyatu	زُرْبِيَّةُ‎; زِرْبِيَّةُ‎; زَرْبِيَّةُ zurbiyyatu‎; zirbiyyatu‎; zarbiyyatu
Accusative	زُرْبِيَّةً‎; زِرْبِيَّةً‎; زَرْبِيَّةً zurbiyyatan‎; zirbiyyatan‎; zarbiyyatan	الزُّرْبِيَّةَ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّةَ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّةَ‎ az-zurbiyyata‎; az-zirbiyyata‎; az-zarbiyyata	زُرْبِيَّةَ‎; زِرْبِيَّةَ‎; زَرْبِيَّةَ zurbiyyata‎; zirbiyyata‎; zarbiyyata
Genitive	زُرْبِيَّةٍ‎; زِرْبِيَّةٍ‎; زَرْبِيَّةٍ zurbiyyatin‎; zirbiyyatin‎; zarbiyyatin	الزُّرْبِيَّةِ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّةِ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّةِ‎ az-zurbiyyati‎; az-zirbiyyati‎; az-zarbiyyati	زُرْبِيَّةِ‎; زِرْبِيَّةِ‎; زَرْبِيَّةِ zurbiyyati‎; zirbiyyati‎; zarbiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُرْبِيَّتَيْن‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْن‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْن‎ zurbiyyatayn‎; zirbiyyatayn‎; zarbiyyatayn	الزُّرْبِيَّتَيْن‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّتَيْن‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّتَيْن‎ az-zurbiyyatayn‎; az-zirbiyyatayn‎; az-zarbiyyatayn	زُرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْ‎ zurbiyyatay‎; zirbiyyatay‎; zarbiyyatay
Nominative	زُرْبِيَّتَانِ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَانِ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَانِ‎ zurbiyyatāni‎; zirbiyyatāni‎; zarbiyyatāni	الزُّرْبِيَّتَانِ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّتَانِ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّتَانِ‎ az-zurbiyyatāni‎; az-zirbiyyatāni‎; az-zarbiyyatāni	زُرْبِيَّتَا‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَا‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَا‎ zurbiyyatā‎; zirbiyyatā‎; zarbiyyatā
Accusative	زُرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎ zurbiyyatayni‎; zirbiyyatayni‎; zarbiyyatayni	الزُّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎ az-zurbiyyatayni‎; az-zirbiyyatayni‎; az-zarbiyyatayni	زُرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْ‎ zurbiyyatay‎; zirbiyyatay‎; zarbiyyatay
Genitive	زُرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎ zurbiyyatayni‎; zirbiyyatayni‎; zarbiyyatayni	الزُّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الزِّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎‎; الزَّرْبِيَّتَيْنِ‎ az-zurbiyyatayni‎; az-zirbiyyatayni‎; az-zarbiyyatayni	زُرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زِرْبِيَّتَيْ‎‎; زَرْبِيَّتَيْ‎ zurbiyyatay‎; zirbiyyatay‎; zarbiyyatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَرَابِي‎ zarābī	الزَّرَابِي‎ az-zarābī	زَرَابِي‎ zarābī
Nominative	زَرَابِيُّ‎ zarābiyyu	الزَّرَابِيُّ‎ az-zarābiyyu	زَرَابِيُّ‎ zarābiyyu
Accusative	زَرَابِيَّ‎ zarābiyya	الزَّرَابِيَّ‎ az-zarābiyya	زَرَابِيَّ‎ zarābiyya
Genitive	زَرَابِيَّ‎ zarābiyya	الزَّرَابِيِّ‎ az-zarābiyyi	زَرَابِيِّ‎ zarābiyyi

References

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