sabir

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see also: Sabir

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /sɑˈbiɹ/, /sɑˈbiə/
• (British) IPA: /səˈbɪə/

Noun

sabir (plural sabirs)

1. a lingua franca

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Sabir

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /sɑˈbiɹ/, /sɑˈbiə/
• (British) IPA: /səˈbɪə/

Proper noun

1. (historical) An Italian-based pidgin language used as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade from roughly the 11th to the 19th centuries.

Synonyms

• Lingua Franca, lingua Franca, lingua franca
• Mediterranean Lingua Franca, Mediterranean lingua franca

Noun

sabir (plural sabirs)

1. (historical) A member of a (possibly Turkic) people or tribe who lived around the Caspian before the arrival of the Avars.

Proper noun

1. The (probably Turkic) language spoken by these people.
   • 2007, Peter B. Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai, András Róna-Tas, The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives, part 8, volume 17, page 14:

     […] could hardly be anything else but Hungarian. Beyond the Hungarian presence in this polyglot state, there were, he suggested, speakers of Bulğar Turkic, Türk and Sabir (which he viewed as Common Turkic) and various other tongues.

Proper noun

1. A male given name.

Proper noun

1. Surname

Proper noun

1. Any of several places in Azerbaijan.

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