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حباب

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See also: جباب

Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b). See also عُبَاب (ʕubāb, billows) from the root ع ب ب (ʕ-b-b), and مَغَبَّة (maḡabba) from the root غ ب ب (ḡ-b-b) also means “end”.

Noun

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حَبَاب (ḥabābm

  1. end, what something is aimed at

Declension

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Noun

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حِبَاب (ḥibābm

  1. amity
  2. earring of one berry (حَبَّة (ḥabba))

Declension

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Noun

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حُبَاب (ḥubābm

  1. a copiosity (bubble or streak) of water or sand on a surface etc.
  2. beloved, friend
  3. (euphemistic) snake

Declension

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Descendants

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  • ? Amharic: ሕባብ (ḥəbab), እባብ (ʾəbab, snake)
  • ? Harari: ሕባብ (ḥəbab, snake)

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حباب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 331a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حباب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 364a–b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حباب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 497b–c
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[4] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 89

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? huḇāḇ
Dari reading? hubāb
Iranian reading? hobâb
Tajik reading? hubob

Noun

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حباب (hobâb)

  1. bubble