مربا

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبَّى (murabbā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? muraḇḇā
Dari reading? murabbā
Iranian reading? morabbâ
Tajik reading? murabbo

Noun

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مربا (morabbâ)

  1. jam
  2. preserve
  3. murabba

Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مربا (murabbā), from Arabic مُرَبَّى (murabbā). Cognate with Bengali মোরব্বা (mōrobba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُرَبّا (murabbām (Hindi spelling मुरब्बा)

  1. jam
  2. murabba
  3. preserve

Derived terms

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