barbakh

water pipe, culvert

بَرْبَخ

Word

Noun

Root

ب ر ب خ

Forms

Plural
بَرابِخ

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry
  • بَرْبَخٌ passage, or conduit, of water, called إِرْدَبَّة and بَالُوعَة [q. v.], made of baked clay
    The passage, or conduit, of water, called إِرْدَبَّة and بَالُوعَة [q. v.], made of baked clay: (K:) or بَرَابِخُ [the pl.] signifies the baked-clay conduits of privies, which convey [the water &c.] from the house-top to the ground. (S, but omitted in some copies.) ― -b2- برْبَخُ البَوْلِ The canal of the urine [from the kidney to the bladder; i. e. the ureter]: (L, KL, TA:) of the dial. of Egypt. (TA.)

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