qasab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Arabian measurement of volume representing the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain amount of land for a given time period, the exact values varying between regions.

Word forms

qasab qasabs

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

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