çǔmri

Andalusian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azumbre, from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (al-ṯumn), from Arabic ثُمْن‎ (ṯumn, “one-eighth”).

Noun

çǔmri (plural çumǐri)

  1. azumbre (an obsolete unit of measure)
    • 1505, Pedro de Alcalá, Vocabulista arauigo en letra castellana:
      Açũbre. çǔmri. çumǐri.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References
  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic, Leiden; New York; Köln: Brill, page 261
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