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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ش ع ب (š ʕ b)
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شُعْبَة (šuʕbaf (plural شُعَب (šuʕab) or شِعَاب (šiʕāb))

  1. branch
  2. (figurative) branch, division, department
    • 2017 October 29, “السلطات اللبنانية: تحرير ثلاثة مواطنين خطفوا في بغداد”, in Libya Akhbar[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2017:
      وجاء إطلاق سراحهم وفق البيان، نتيجة «عملية مشتركة بين شعبة المعلومات في قوى الأمن الداخلي والأمن العام (اللبناني) والمخابرات العراقية».
      And their release came, according to the statement, as a result of “joint operation between the Information Division of the Internal Security Forces and the General Security of Lebanon and the Iraqi intelligence.”
  3. part
  4. field of study
  5. (taxonomy) phylum
  6. sprig
  7. prong, tine
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  • Azerbaijani: şöbə
  • Persian: شعبه (šoʼbe)
  • Ottoman Turkish: شعبه (şube)

Etymology 1.2

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شِعْبَة (šiʕbaf

  1. reef
  2. (Egypt) cliff
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