صبار

Meaning

Noun

1. (collective) cactus
2. (alt-of, alternative, collective, proscribed) alternative form of صَبِر (ṣabir, “aloe, aloe vera”)
3. (collective, obsolete) tamarind

Adj

frequently patient

Concepts

cactus

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Opuntia

tubercle

severe cold

cactus

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Synonyms

صَبّار

Translations

cactus

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Kaktus

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κάκτος

Kaktee

Opuntia

Opuntia

Opuntia

cactus

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kaktüs

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Opuntia

cacto

Opuntia

cactus

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Etymology

Variant of صَبْر (ṣabr), صَبِر (ṣabir, “aloe”), also vocalized صِبْر (ṣibr) and صِبَر (ṣibar) in al-Andalus—compare for this formation the relation of شَجَر (šajar), شِجَر (šijar), شِجَار (šijār, “figs”); on their root pages either exposed as Aramaic borrowings.