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jarra

jug, pitcherrecipiente con asa y boca ancha para servir líquidos

Comes from Arabic

جَرَّة

jarra

“earthenware vessel, pitcher”«vasija de barro, cántaro»

Arabic today says

إِبْرِيق

ibrīq

Root

ج ر ر

j-r-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

In Arabic jarra is still the earthenware jar; a table jug is called ibrīq.En árabe jarra sigue siendo la vasija de barro; para la jarra de mesa se dice ibrīq.

In a sentence

Trae una jarra de agua, por favor.

Bring a jug of water, please.

أَحْضِرْ إِبْرِيقَ مَاءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِك.

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