# شبرية
## Arabic
### Etymology

Relative noun (nisba) composed of شِبْر (šibr, “span of the hand”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya), as another bent dagger جَنْبِيَّة (janbiyya) from جَنْب (janb, “flank”).

### Noun

شَبْرِيَّة or شِبْرِيَّة • (šabriyya or šibriyya) f (plural شَبْرِيَّات (šabriyyāt) or شِبْرِيَّات (šibriyyāt) or شَبَارِيّ (šabāriyy))
* a kind of traditional bedouin bent dagger

#### Declension
## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, “quadruped; bedstead”).

### Noun

شبرية • (šabrīya) f (obsolete)
* camel-litter, cacolet
* bedstead

### References

* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c
* Cameron, Donald Andreas (1892) An Arabic-English vocabulary for the use of English students of modern Egyptian Arabic, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 136a
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شبرية”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 719b
* Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 644

## Gulf Arabic
### Alternative forms

* كرفاية (kirfāya, kurfāya), چرفاية (čirfāya), چرباية (čirbāya), كرفاق (kirfāg)
* چرپاية (čarpāya) (Iraq)

### Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, “quadruped; bedstead”) and شبرید (šabrid, “bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock”).

### Noun

شِبْرِيَّة • (šibrīya) f (plural شباري)
* bedstead or bed or mattress

### References

* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, “quadruped; bedstead”) and شبرید (šabrid, “bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock”).

### Noun

شِبْرِيَّة • (šibrīya, šubrīya) f (plural شباري)
* portable bed

### References

* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

## Omani Arabic
### Alternative forms

* كرفاية (karfāya, kurfāya)

### Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, “quadruped; bedstead”) and شبرید (šabrid, “bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock”).

### Noun

شُبْرِيَّة (šubrīya) f (plural شُبَارِي (šubārī))
* bedstead or bed

### References

* Jayakar, Atmaram Sadashiv (1889) “The O'mánee Dialect of Arabic”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, volume 21, →DOI, page 819
* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c

## Yemeni Arabic
### Etymology

From Persian چارپای (čâr-pây), چارپا (čâr-pâ, “quadruped; bedstead”) and شبرید (šabrid, “bed made of ropes or straps and used in a ship; hammock”).

### Noun

شبرية (šabrīya, šibrīya, šubrīya) f (plural شباري)
* (Hadramawt) bedstead or bed

### References

* Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110c