سربال

Iranian in origin, but the details are not understood, it is pre-Islamic, probably from Aramaic סַרְבְּלָא‎ (sarbəlā), סַרְבַּלָא‎ (sarbalā, “mantle; trousers”) or Aramaic סַרְבֵּל‎ (sarbel, “to cloth with a mantle; to clothe with trousers”), and it is possible that the verbs came before the noun in Arabic and the noun is deverbal. Regard Persian شلوار‎ (šalvâr, “trousers”).

• IPA^(key): /sir.baːl/

سِرْبَال • (sirbāl) m (plural سَرَابِيل‎ (sarābīl))

1. clothing, anything that is worn on the body (tops, trousers, dresses, armours, etc.)

• سَرْبَلَ‎ (sarbala, “to clothe, to cover”)
• تَسَرْبَلَ‎ (tasarbala, “to clothe oneself, to garb oneself”)

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