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ardeb
[ ahr-deb ]
noun
- a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
ardeb
/ ˈɑːdɛb /
noun
- a unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. In Egypt it is approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ardeb1
1860–65; < dialectal Arabic ardabb ≪ Aramaic 'rdb, perhaps < Old Persian; compare Egyptian Demotic 'rtb, late Akkadian ardabu, Elamite irtiba, Syriac 'arṭba, Greek artábē, Arabic 'irdabb ≪ Aramaic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ardeb1
C19: from Arabic ardabb, from Greek artabē a Persian measure
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Example Sentences
The commonest food, known as "dokhn" (a kind of millet) rose to 150 dollars, and eventually to 500 dollars the ardeb.
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Soon the price per ardeb rose from twelve to twenty dollars, and latterly to sixty dollars.
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In Dongola and Berber the price of dhurra rose to one hundred dollars an ardeb.
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Every horse-owner is entitled to half an ardeb of dhurra from the beit el mal.
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Their fires are out on the Hassan Ardeb heights, and unless we're pretty quick there'll be a flare-up all along our Border.
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