Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zabbaleen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zab-baleen
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a minority religious community of Coptic Christians who work as Cairo's informal garbage collectors.

Etymology

Egyptian Arabic زبالين

Word Breakdown

Root: ز ب ل

Inflected Forms

Zabbaleens (plural)

Questions

What does zabbaleen mean?: One of a minority religious community of Coptic Christians who work as Cairo's informal garbage collectors.
Where does zabbaleen come from?: Egyptian Arabic زبالين

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