"arbaz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-Germanic]

IPA: /ˈɑr.βɑz/
Etymology: PIE word *h₃órbʰos From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“slave, servant, indentured worker; orphan; apprentice”), from *h₃erbʰ- (“to turn, change; to change ownership”). It has been argued that the inherited meaning “orphan” gave way to “worker”, probably from orphans being used for forced labor by their caretakers, which is also implied by the Slavic meaning “servant, slave”. In this context it is not hard to see a connection with Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“labor, toil”), probably through a verb *arbijaną. On the other hand, “slave” may have been the original meaning, already extended to both orphans and workers by late PIE and then further to worker animals in Germanic; the original deverbal sense from “to turn, change” is more easily “one who is exchanged”. Slavery and the exchange of indentured servants were widespread practices in prehistoric societies across Eurasia. Etymology templates: {{etymon|gem-pro|:inh|ine-pro:*h₃órbʰos<id:servant>|id=worker}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*arbaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" }" data-id="worker" data-lang="gem-pro" data-title="*arbaz" id="Proto-Germanic:_worker">, {{dercat|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|gem-pro|ine|h₃órbʰos|id=}}, {{PIE word|gem-pro|h₃órbʰos}} PIE word *h₃órbʰos, {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₃erbʰ-}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₃órbʰos||slave, servant, indentured worker; orphan; apprentice}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“slave, servant, indentured worker; orphan; apprentice”), {{m-g|orphan}} “orphan”, {{m-g|worker}} “worker”, {{cog|sla}} Slavic, {{m-g|servant, slave}} “servant, slave”, {{cog|gem-pro|*arbaidiz||labor, toil}} Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“labor, toil”), {{m-g|slave}} “slave”, {{m-g|to turn, change}} “to turn, change”, {{m-g|one who is exchanged}} “one who is exchanged” Head templates: {{gem-noun|m}} *arbaz m, {{tlb|gem-pro|North Germanic}} (North Germanic) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], arbaz [nominative, singular], arbōz [nominative, plural], arbōs [nominative, plural], arb [singular, vocative], arbōz [plural, vocative], arbōs [plural, vocative], arbą [accusative, singular], arbanz [accusative, plural], arbas [genitive, singular], arbis [genitive, singular], arbǫ̂ [genitive, plural], arbai [dative, singular], arbamaz [dative, plural], arbō [instrumental, singular], arbamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. worker Tags: Germanic, North, masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-arbaz-gem-pro-noun-h-unbn8x
  2. working animal, draught animal; ox Tags: Germanic, North, masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-arbaz-gem-pro-noun-FBULjBdA Categories (other): North Proto-Germanic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Proto-Germanic entries with etymon, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of North Proto-Germanic: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 97 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with etymon: 2 98 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 1 99
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          "word": "arfur"
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      "lang": "Old Norse",
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        "1": "one who is exchanged"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "arbaz",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑr.βɑz/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Proto-Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃erbʰ-",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₃órbʰos",
    "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "gem-pro:Agriculture",
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}

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