баобаб

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐoˈbap]

Noun

баоба́б • (baobáb) m

1. baobab

Declension

Declension of баоба́б

	singular	plural
indefinite	баоба́б baobáb	баоба́би baobábi
definite (subject form)	баоба́бът baobábǎt	баоба́бите baobábite
definite (object form)	баоба́ба baobába
count form	—	баоба́ба baobába

References

• “баобаб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баобаб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	باوباب
Cyrillic	баобаб
Latin	baobab
Yañalif	ʙaoʙaʙ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian баоба́б (baobáb), from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

Noun

баобаб • (baobab)

1. baobab

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐɐˈbap]

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Noun

баоба́б • (baobáb) m inan (genitive баоба́ба, nominative plural баоба́бы, genitive plural баоба́бов)

1. baobab

Declension

Declension of баоба́б (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	баоба́б baobáb	баоба́бы baobáby
genitive	баоба́ба baobába	баоба́бов baobábov
dative	баоба́бу baobábu	баоба́бам baobábam
accusative	баоба́б baobáb	баоба́бы baobáby
instrumental	баоба́бом baobábom	баоба́бами baobábami
prepositional	баоба́бе baobábe	баоба́бах baobábax

Descendants

• → Kazakh: баобаб (baobab)