عصب

Pronunciation: /ʕa.sˤa.ba/

“عصب” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

to twist, wrap around
to fold tightly
to bound or bind, to tie
to castrate via a band around testicles
to bandage
to draw people together, to assemble
to surround, to encompass
to include, to hold or reckon together, such as the entirety of one's relations, to be of the same identity
to obligate, to bind responsibility or consequences to; especially with phrases like بِ (bi) + رَأْس (raʔs, “head”)
to cause a thing to be twisted, or wrapped around
to swaddle, to cause a thing to be tightly folded around
to bandage, to tourniquet
to turban, to wrap one's brow with a band
to crown, to declare or cause one to be a chief

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