sabar

See also: Sabar

English

Noun

sabar (plural sabars)

1. A traditional drum from Senegal, generally played with one hand and one stick.

Anagrams

• Arabs, Baars, Baras, Basra, Sabra, abras, arbas, sabra

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sabar, from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabar/
• Rhymes: -bar, -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: sa‧bar

Adjective

sabar

1. patient, forbearing

Derived terms

• bersabar
• kesabaran
• mempersabar
• menyabarkan
• penyabar
• tersabar

 

Further reading

• “sabar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Adjective

sabar (Jawi spelling صبر)

1. patient

Derived terms

• bersabar
• kesabaran
• penyabar
• tersabar

 

Further reading

• “sabar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
s-b-r
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bar/
• Rhymes: -abar

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).

Noun

sabar m

1. patience (ability to wait)

   Synonym: paċenzja

2. patience, endurance (ability to accept sorrow and hardship)

   Synonym: paċenzja

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَبَرَ (ṣabara).

Verb

sabar (imperfect jisbor, past participle misbur, active participle sieber)

1. to tolerate, to be patient

Conjugation

Conjugation of sabar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sbart	sbart	sabar		sbarna	sbartu	sabru
	f			sabret
imperfect	m	nisbor	tisbor	jisbor		nisbru	tisbru	jisbru
	f			tisbor
imperative			isbor				isbru

Wolof

Etymology

Probably from Wolof sab (“to sing, yell, resonate, chirp, echo”). Both possibly borrowed from Serer.

Noun

sabar (definite form sabar gi)

1. a traditional drum used in Wolof and Serer music

References

• Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 185