غبغب

See also: عبعب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ب ب (ḡ b b)
6 terms

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

1. alternative form of غَبَب (ḡabab)

Declension

Declension of noun غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab	الْغَبْغَب al-ḡabḡab	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab
Nominative	غَبْغَبٌ ḡabḡabun	الْغَبْغَبُ al-ḡabḡabu	غَبْغَبُ ḡabḡabu
Accusative	غَبْغَبًا ḡabḡaban	الْغَبْغَبَ al-ḡabḡaba	غَبْغَبَ ḡabḡaba
Genitive	غَبْغَبٍ ḡabḡabin	الْغَبْغَبِ al-ḡabḡabi	غَبْغَبِ ḡabḡabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَبَيْن ḡabḡabayn	الْغَبْغَبَيْن al-ḡabḡabayn	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Nominative	غَبْغَبَانِ ḡabḡabāni	الْغَبْغَبَانِ al-ḡabḡabāni	غَبْغَبَا ḡabḡabā
Accusative	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Genitive	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib	الْغَبَاغِب al-ḡabāḡib	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib
Nominative	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu	الْغَبَاغِبُ al-ḡabāḡibu	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu
Accusative	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبَ al-ḡabāḡiba	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba
Genitive	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبِ al-ḡabāḡibi	غَبَاغِبِ ḡabāḡibi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ge'ez ገብገብ (gäbgäb) or Old South Arabian.

Noun

غَبْغَب • (ḡabḡab) m (plural غَبَاغِب (ḡabāḡib))

1. place, particularly a small mountain, where victims were sacrificed in paganism, sacrificial stone
   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, pages 772–773:

Declension

Declension of noun غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab	الْغَبْغَب al-ḡabḡab	غَبْغَب ḡabḡab
Nominative	غَبْغَبٌ ḡabḡabun	الْغَبْغَبُ al-ḡabḡabu	غَبْغَبُ ḡabḡabu
Accusative	غَبْغَبًا ḡabḡaban	الْغَبْغَبَ al-ḡabḡaba	غَبْغَبَ ḡabḡaba
Genitive	غَبْغَبٍ ḡabḡabin	الْغَبْغَبِ al-ḡabḡabi	غَبْغَبِ ḡabḡabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبْغَبَيْن ḡabḡabayn	الْغَبْغَبَيْن al-ḡabḡabayn	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Nominative	غَبْغَبَانِ ḡabḡabāni	الْغَبْغَبَانِ al-ḡabḡabāni	غَبْغَبَا ḡabḡabā
Accusative	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Genitive	غَبْغَبَيْنِ ḡabḡabayni	الْغَبْغَبَيْنِ al-ḡabḡabayni	غَبْغَبَيْ ḡabḡabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib	الْغَبَاغِب al-ḡabāḡib	غَبَاغِب ḡabāḡib
Nominative	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu	الْغَبَاغِبُ al-ḡabāḡibu	غَبَاغِبُ ḡabāḡibu
Accusative	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبَ al-ḡabāḡiba	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba
Genitive	غَبَاغِبَ ḡabāḡiba	الْغَبَاغِبِ al-ḡabāḡibi	غَبَاغِبِ ḡabāḡibi

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1913) “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 67, pages 703–704
• Wellhausen, Julius (1897) Reste arabischen Heidentumes‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Georg Reimer, page 103

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab), غَبَب (ḡabab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣaβ.ˈɣaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäb.ɣǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäb.ɣǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäb.ɣǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäb.ɣǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæb.ɢǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäb.ʁǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğaḇğaḇ
Dari reading?	ğabğab
Iranian reading?	ğabğab
Tajik reading?	ġabġab

Noun

Dari	غبغب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ғабғаб

غبغب • (ğabğab)

1. double chin

   روش ساده برای از بین بردن غبغب

   raveš-e sâde barâ-ye az beyn bordan-e ğabğab

   simple method to remove the double chin

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 174:

     گر ندیدید مه و مهر قران کرده بهم
     چشم دارید در آن عارض و غبغب نگرید

     gar na-dīdēd mah u mihr qirān karda ba-ham
     čašm dārēd dar ān āriz u ğabğab nigarēd

     If you have not seen the sun and moon in conjunction with each other,
     Cast your sight on that face and look at the double chin!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “غبغب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim