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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•deb (är′deb),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresa unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Old Persian; compare Egyptian Demotic 'rtb, late Akkadian ardabu, Elamite irtiba, Syriac 'arṭba, Greek artábē, Arabic 'irdabb Aramaic
- dialect, dialectal Arabic ardabb Aramaic 'rdb, perh.
- 1860–65
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