wêba [Arabic]

In Egypt, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of capacity, about 33 liters. opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system Also romanized as ouebeh and wa'ba.

Socrates Spiro Bey.
An English-Arabic Vocabulary of the Modern and Colloquial Arabic of Egypt. 3rd edition.
Cairo: Elias’ Modern Press, 1929.
Page xi.

Saâdeddine Bencheneb.
Mesures et poids actullement en usage en Egypte.
Bulletin des ètudes arabes, vol. 12, page 106 (Sept-Dec 1952.)

sources

La wébah [arabic], qui est de 2 keilah ou de 4 roubo' ou de 8 malwah, ou enfin de 16 kadah. Elle est tombée maintenant en désuétude; l'on ne s'en sert plus comme mesure pratique.

The weba [arabic], which is 2 keilah or 4 roubo' or 8 malwah, or finally 16 kadah. It has now fallen into disuse; it is no longer used as a practical measure.

Mahmoud Bey. Le Système métrique actual d'Égypte. Les Nilometres anciens et moderns et les antiques coudées d'Égypte.
Journal Asiatique. 7th series, vol 1, pages 67-110 (January 1873). Page 82.
Available online at Gallica, the Bibliothèque Numérique of the Bibliothèque National de France.

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