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Meaning of corban | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
  2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Equivalents

العربية قربان
Azərbaycanca qurban
Bosanski kurban курбан
Ελληνικά Κουρμπάν
فارسی قربان
Français corban
Hrvatski kurban курбан
Bahasa Indonesia korban kurban tumbal
Қазақша құрбан
Kurdî qurban
Кыргызча курман
Македонски курбан
Bahasa Melayu korban
Русский курба́н
Shqip kurban
Српски kurban курбан
Türkmençe gurban
Türkçe kurban
اردو قربان

Examples

“but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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