અસબાબ
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb). Compare Bengali আসবাব (asbab) and Hindi असबाब (asbāb).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈə.sə.bɑb/
- Rhymes: -ɑb
Noun edit
અસબાબ • (asabāb) m
- chattels, goods
- Synonym: માલ (māl)
- 1887, Jalal al-Din Mirza Qajar, translated by Ardaseer Dossabhaee Moonshee, પુરાતન પારસીઓની તવારીખ [A History of the Ancient Parsis]:
- ...અને તેઓના ઉંટ ઘોડા તથા ઘણોએક બીજો લસકરી માલ અસબાબ લુટી લઇ પાછા ફરેયા.
- ...ane teonā uṇṭa ghoḍā tathā ghaṇoeka bījo lasakrī māl asabāb luṭī lai pāchā phareyā.
- And their camels, horses and many of their weapons, chattels and goods were stolen and then they left.
- luggage
- Synonym: સામાન (sāmān)
- paraphernalia
- Synonym: સરંજામ (sarañjām)
Further reading edit
- “અસબાબ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “અસબાબ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.