Hyphenation
ScribeTurkish pronunciation
skraybPronunciation
/ˈskrīb/ /ˈskraɪb/
Etymology
() From Late Latin scriba (“secretary”) (used in Vulgate to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς "scribe, secretary", which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר "writer, scholar") from scribere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).