s. m, Corruption of the Arabic word Qurbán. A sacrifice: the leather string of a bow;—kurbán hoṉá, hojáṉá, v. n. To be sarified, to be devoted:—kurbáṉ karná, v. a. To offer up a sacrifice:—I'd-i-kurbáṉ, s. f. A festival observed by Muhammadans on the 10th of Zilhijj when, in accordance with Muhammadan belief, animals are sacrificed in commemoration of Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Ishmael.