Aramaic edit

Noun edit

אַבּוּב, אַבּוּבָא (transliteration needed?

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube

References edit

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew edit

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)

Etymology edit

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, flute), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, pipe, tube). [1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב (abúv or ibúvm (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. (modern, אַבּוּב only) Oboe.
  2. reed, flute
  3. pipe, tube

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
  • אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading edit