Sabir

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /sɑˈbiɹ/, /s‌ɑˈbi‌ə/
• UK IPA: /səˈbɪə/

Origin

From Sabir.

Full definition of sabir

Noun

1. a lingua franca
• 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.

Anagrams

• rabis