Sabaean edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Compare Akkadian 𒀀𒁀 (abum), Arabic أَب (ʔab), and Hebrew אב.

Noun edit

𐩱𐩨 (ʾb)

  1. father
  2. ancestor
  3. forebear

References edit

  1. A. F. L. Beeston, M.A. Ghul, W.W. Müller, J. Ryckmans (1982) Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic), Multilingual edition, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 1