حباب

See also: جباب

Arabic

Etymology

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

حَبَاب • (ḥabāb) m

end, what something is aimed at

Declension

Declension of noun حَبَاب (ḥabāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَبَاب ḥabāb	الْحَبَاب al-ḥabāb	حَبَاب ḥabāb
Nominative	حَبَابٌ ḥabābun	الْحَبَابُ al-ḥabābu	حَبَابُ ḥabābu
Accusative	حَبَابًا ḥabāban	الْحَبَابَ al-ḥabāba	حَبَابَ ḥabāba
Genitive	حَبَابٍ ḥabābin	الْحَبَابِ al-ḥabābi	حَبَابِ ḥabābi

Noun

حِبَاب • (ḥibāb) m

amity
earring of one berry (حَبَّة (ḥabba))

Declension

Declension of noun حِبَاب (ḥibāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِبَاب ḥibāb	الْحِبَاب al-ḥibāb	حِبَاب ḥibāb
Nominative	حِبَابٌ ḥibābun	الْحِبَابُ al-ḥibābu	حِبَابُ ḥibābu
Accusative	حِبَابًا ḥibāban	الْحِبَابَ al-ḥibāba	حِبَابَ ḥibāba
Genitive	حِبَابٍ ḥibābin	الْحِبَابِ al-ḥibābi	حِبَابِ ḥibābi

Noun

حُبَاب • (ḥubāb) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun حُبَاب (ḥubāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَاب ḥubāb	الْحُبَاب al-ḥubāb	حُبَاب ḥubāb
Nominative	حُبَابٌ ḥubābun	الْحُبَابُ al-ḥubābu	حُبَابُ ḥubābu
Accusative	حُبَابًا ḥubāban	الْحُبَابَ al-ḥubāba	حُبَابَ ḥubāba
Genitive	حُبَابٍ ḥubābin	الْحُبَابِ al-ḥubābi	حُبَابِ ḥubābi

Descendants

→? Amharic: ሕባብ (ḥəbab), እባብ (ʾəbab, “snake”)
→? Harari: ሕባብ (ḥəbab, “snake”)

References

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 C^ie, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hu.ˈβɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.bɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.bɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.bɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.bɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.bɔ́b]

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

Noun

حباب • (hobâb)

bubble