See also: اب, أب, ات, آپ, and آت

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Etymology 1 edit

From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar).

Proper noun edit

آب (ʔābm

  1. (Mashreq, especially Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) August (eighth month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars)
    Synonyms: أَغُسْطُس (ʔaḡusṭus), (Morocco) غُشْت (ḡušt), (Algeria, Tunisia) أُوت (ʔūt)
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Descendants edit
  • Persian: آب (âb, August)

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Etymology 2 edit

From the root ء و ب (ʔ-w-b).

Verb edit

آبَ (ʔāba) I, non-past يَؤُوبُ‎ (yaʔūbu)

  1. to return, to come back
    Synonyms: عَادَ (ʕāda), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa)
  2. to repent
    Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
  3. to incur, catch, be left with (construed with بِـ (bi-))
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آبَ (ʔāba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَبَى (ʔabā)

Gilaki edit

Noun edit

آب (âb)

  1. water

Kashmiri edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

آب (ābm (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)

  1. (uncountable) water
    Synonyms: زَل (zal), پونؠ (pōn')
    آب چھُ تُرُن
    āb chu turun
    The water is cold

Usage notes edit

آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.

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Kermanic edit

Noun edit

آب (āb)

  1. (Gazi) water

References edit

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian آب (âb).

Noun edit

آب (âb)

  1. water

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (water, body of water).

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Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? āḇ
Dari reading? āb
Iranian reading? âb
Tajik reading? ob
  • (file)

Noun edit

Dari آب
Iranian Persian
Tajik об

آب (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. juice
    آب انارâb-e anârpomegranate juice
  4. river
  5. honour, reputation, standing
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Descendants edit
  • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
  • Hazaragi: او (aw)
  • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
  • Tajik: об (ob)
  • Aynu: ab
  • Bengali: আব (āb)
  • Gujarati: અબ (āb)
  • Hindustani: āb
    Hindi: आब (āb)
    Urdu: آب (āb)
  • Punjabi: āb
    Gurmukhi: ਆਬ (āb)
    Shahmukhi: آب (āb)
  • Turkish: ab
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References edit

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 312

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? āḇ
Dari reading? āb
Iranian reading? âb
Tajik reading? ob

Noun edit

Dari آب
Iranian Persian
Tajik об

آب (âb)

  1. (Syriac calendar) August
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Further reading edit

Sindhi edit

Noun edit

آب (ābum (Devanagari आबु)

  1. water
  2. juice

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).

Noun edit

آب (ʔābm

  1. (formal) August
    Synonym: شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye)

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Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January February March April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad),
كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)
شهر تنين (šahr tnēn),
شباط (šbāṭ)
شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte),
آذار (ʔāḏār)
شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa),
نيسان (nīsān)
May June July August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse),
أيّار (ʔayyār)
شهر ستّة (šahr sitte),
حزيران (ḥazīrān)
شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa),
تمّوز (tammūz)
شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye),
آب (ʔāb)
September October November December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa),
أيلول (ʔēlūl)
شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara),
تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)
شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš),
تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)
شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš),
كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

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Noun edit

آب (ābm (Hindi spelling आब)

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. sparkle

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