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mid 18th century: from French casbah, from Arabic qaṣaba ‘citadel’.
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Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
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casbah (n.)
the old city or citadel of a North African city, 1738, from French casbah, from North African Arabic dialect kasba "fortress."
