خروبة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of خَرُّوب‎ (ḵarrūb, “carob”) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a). The coin meaning is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion).

Noun

خَرُّوبَة • (ḵarrūba) f (singulative, collective خَرُّوب‎ m (ḵarrūb))

carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
an old coin of Tunisia weighing one carat
a name of some human settlements

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Catalan: garrofa, garrova
→ Galician: alfarroba
→ Medieval Latin: carruba, carubla
- → French: caroube, carobe
  - French: caroube, carouge
    - → Romanian: carub
  - → English: carob
    - → Irish: carúb
- Italian: carruba, caruba
→ Navarro-Aragonese: algarrofa
→ Portuguese: alfarroba
→ Sicilian: carruva
→ Spanish: algarroba, garroba, garrofa

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