ardeb

/ahr-deb/US // ˈɑr dɛb //UK // (ˈɑːdɛb) //

阿迪巴,阿德伯,阿德巴

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.

The commonest food, known as "dokhn" (a kind of millet) rose to 150 dollars, and eventually to 500 dollars the ardeb.
Soon the price per ardeb rose from twelve to twenty dollars, and latterly to sixty dollars.
In Dongola and Berber the price of dhurra rose to one hundred dollars an ardeb.
Every horse-owner is entitled to half an ardeb of dhurra from the beit el mal.
Their fires are out on the Hassan Ardeb heights, and unless we're pretty quick there'll be a flare-up all along our Border.