آب
Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aːb
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 • (ʔāb) m
- (Mashreq, especially Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) August (eighth month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars)
Declension edit
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | آب ʔāb |
— |
Nominative | — | آبُ ʔābu |
— |
Accusative | — | آبَ ʔāba |
— |
Genitive | — | آبَ ʔāba |
— |
Descendants edit
- → Persian: آب (âb, “August”)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the root ء و ب (ʔ-w-b).
Verb edit
آبَ • (ʔāba) I, non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʔūbu)
- to return, to come back
- to repent
- Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
- to incur, catch, be left with (construed with بِـ (bi-))
Conjugation edit
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
ʔawb or ʔawba or ʔiyāb or maʔāb | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
ʔāʔib | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʔūb | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔubtu |
ʔubta |
آبَ ʔāba |
ʔubtumā |
ʔābā |
ʔubnā |
ʔubtum |
ʔābū | |||
f | ʔubti |
ʔābat |
ʔābatā |
ʔubtunna |
ʔubna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʔūbu |
taʔūbu |
yaʔūbu |
taʔūbāni |
yaʔūbāni |
naʔūbu |
taʔūbūna |
yaʔūbūna | |||
f | taʔūbīna |
taʔūbu |
taʔūbāni |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʔūba |
taʔūba |
yaʔūba |
taʔūbā |
yaʔūbā |
naʔūba |
taʔūbū |
yaʔūbū | |||
f | taʔūbī |
taʔūba |
taʔūbā |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʔub |
taʔub |
yaʔub |
taʔūbā |
yaʔūbā |
naʔub |
taʔūbū |
yaʔūbū | |||
f | taʔūbī |
taʔub |
taʔūbā |
taʔubna |
yaʔubna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʔub |
ʔūbā |
ʔūbū |
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f | ʔūbī |
ʔubna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | — | — | ʔība |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | — | — | yuʔābu |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | — | — | yuʔāba |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | — | — | yuʔab |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
f | — | — | — | — | — |
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
Gilaki edit
Noun edit
آب (âb)
Kashmiri edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
آب • (āb) m (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)
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.
Declension edit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 138
Kermanic edit
Noun edit
آب (āb)
- (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)
Descendants edit
Persian edit
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”).
Alternative forms edit
- او (ow)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āḇ |
Dari reading? | āb |
Iranian reading? | âb |
Tajik reading? | ob |
Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)
Noun edit
Dari | آب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | об |
آب • (âb) (plural آبها (âb-hâ))
Derived terms edit
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
- → Punjabi: āb
- → Turkish: ab
See also edit
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔb]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | āḇ |
Dari reading? | āb |
Iranian reading? | âb |
Tajik reading? | ob |
Noun edit
Dari | آب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | об |
آب • (âb)
- (Syriac calendar) August
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “آب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Sindhi edit
Noun edit
آب (ābu) m (Devanagari आबु)
Related terms edit
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).
Noun edit
آب • (ʔāb) m
- (formal) August
- Synonym: شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye)
See also edit
Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) | |||
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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).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːb/
Noun edit
آب • (āb) m (Hindi spelling आब)