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单词 angareb
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angarebn.

Brit. /ˈaŋɡəreɪb/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡəˌreɪb/
Forms: 1800s angarep, 1800s angereb, 1800s– angareeb, 1800s– angarib, 1900s angarieb, 1900s angerib, 1900s– angareb, 1900s– anghareb.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ʿangareb.
Etymology: Probably < a Sudanese Arabic variant (the precise form of which is uncertain) of Yemenite Arabic ʿangareb, ʿangarēb, ʿangarāb, of unknown origin. Compare Nobiin àngàréé ‘wooden bed’, which is sometimes cited as the etymon of the Sudanese Arabic word, but is more likely to be a borrowing from it.Nobiin is a Nubian language of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
In Sudan, Egypt, and some other East African countries: a light movable bedstead consisting of a wooden framework with a base of woven rope, animal hide, etc., also used as a sofa.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > bedstead > other types
field bedstead1586
lath-bedstead1806
angareb1835
four-poster1836
twin bedstead1900
1835 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 48 The muk retired to his bed again, and we to our angareebs.
1885 Daily News 3 July 5/4 Camels..heavily laden with angerebs transversely placed and resting on the flank upon a huge box.
1918 With R.A.M.C. in Egypt vi. 106 Either the regulation iron bedsteads, or the native angerib—like an oblong basket made of palm staves and turned upside down—were provided in all the camp hospitals.
1964 H. B. Barclay Buurri al Lamaab v. 115 The wife further should not argue with or contradict her husband, nor should she sit beside him on the same angareb.
2006 S. Borruso tr. R. K. Sesana I am Nuba 34 The angareb..is made of hard wood, and the pieces are kept together by lashings from animal skins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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