խարաբա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خَرَابَه or Borrowed from Azerbaijani xaraba. Both ultimately from Arabic خَرَابَة (ḵarāba, ruin, destruction).

Pronunciation

Adjective

խարաբա • (xaraba)

  1. (dialectal, Erzurum, Javakheti) ruined, demolished, collapsed
  2. (dialectal) ruin, debris