Yerbaha

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Yerbaha arabice talpa.


Translation:

Yerbaha {"jerboa"} is Arabic for Latin talpa {actually "mole"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺟﺮﺑﻮﻉ /ğarbūʕ/ / (= ﻳﺮﺑﻮﻉ /yarbūʕ/ )" jerboa (zool.)". Siggel (1950: 74): ﻳﺮﺑﻮﻉ /yarbūʕ/ Jaculus Springmaus {i.e. "desert jerboa"}.


For further information see Irbocha.


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