See also: جباب

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b). See also عُبَاب (ʕubāb, billows) from the root ع ب ب (ʕ-b-b), and مَغَبَّة (maḡabba) from the root غ ب ب (ḡ-b-b) also means “end”.

Noun edit

حَبَاب (ḥabābm

  1. end, what something is aimed at

Declension edit

Noun edit

حِبَاب (ḥibābm

  1. amity
  2. earring of one berry (حَبَّة (ḥabba))

Declension edit

Noun edit

حُبَاب (ḥubābm

  1. a copiosity (bubble or streak) of water or sand on a surface etc.
  2. beloved, friend
  3. (euphemistic) snake

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • ? Amharic: ሕባብ (ḥəbab), እባብ (ʾəbab, snake)
  • ? Harari: ሕባብ (ḥəbab, snake)

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حباب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 331a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حباب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 364a–b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حباب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 497b–c
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[4] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 89

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? huḇāḇ
Dari reading? hubāb
Iranian reading? hobâb
Tajik reading? hubob

Noun edit

حباب (hobâb)

  1. bubble