abelmoskusfiber

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abelmoskus +‎ fiber, first part from Spanish abelmosco (“abelmosk”), from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أَبُو المِسْك (ʔabū l-misk, “father of musk”) or حَبّ المِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “grain of musk”), from both حَبّ (ḥabb, “grain”), from ح ب ب (ḥ b b) + and from مِسْك (misk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, “musk”). Last part from Latin fibra (“fiber, filament”), possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːbl̩ˈmʊskʉsfiːbər/

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: ab‧el‧mos‧kus‧fi‧ber

Noun

abelmoskusfiber m (definite singular abelmoskusfiberen, indefinite plural abelmoskusfibere or abelmoskusfibre or abelmoskusfibrer, definite plural abelmoskusfiberne or abelmoskusfibrene)

1. abelmosk fiber (fiber of abelmosk used in textile manufacturing)

Related terms

• abelmoskus (“abelmosk”)

References

• “abelmoskusfiber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).