*qrb: 'be near, approach' 1, 'battle' 2

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Mehri	ḳǝrūb, ḳáyrǝb 1 (Rubin 2018 124); ḳǝráyb (Rubin 2018 110)	Rubin 2018 124; Rubin 2018 110	gloss withheld
Arabic	qaruba (HALOT 1132)	HALOT 1132
Hebrew	qrb (HALOT 1132)	HALOT 1132	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	qrb (HALOT 1132)	HALOT 1132
Aramaic	OArm. qrbn (HALOT 1132); EmpArm. qrbʾ 2 (HALOT 1135); qrb (DNWSI 1028); qrb, qryb (DNWSI 1031); qrbh (DNWSI 1031)	HALOT 1132; HALOT 1135; DNWSI 1028; DNWSI 1031	gloss withheld
Akkadian	qerēbu (CAD Q 228); taqrubtu 2 (CAD T 201)	CAD Q 228; CAD T 201	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	qǝrābā, qǝrābtā 2 (HALOT 1135)	HALOT 1135	gloss withheld
Geez	qarba (LGz. 440)	LGz. 440	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	qreb 'come near, touch; bring, offer; fight' (Payne Smith 517)	Payne Smith 517
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab qrb (Biella 465; Sabaweb lemma 1718)	Biella 465; Sabaweb lemma 1718	gloss withheld
Amorite	q-r-b 1, Š: iq-ri-ba-nu-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 350)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 350	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	qrb 1 (HALOT 1132)	HALOT 1132	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic qrb 1 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Base of 2706 *qurbān- 'offering'; 187 *ḳVrb- 'inner part' is another root. Hebrew qǝrāb 'battle' is an Aramaic loan (Wagner 270 apud HALOT 1135).

Updated 26 October 2026