સાબુ

Gujarati

સાબુ (sābu, “soap”)

Alternative forms

• સાબૂન (sābūn)
• સાબૂ (sābū)

Etymology

Either:

• Borrowed from Classical Persian صابون (sāḇūn), from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn).
• Borrowed from Portuguese sabão, from Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.bu/
• Rhymes: -bu
• Hyphenation: સા‧બુ

Noun

સાબુ • (sābu) m

1. soap

Derived terms

• સાબુદાન (sābudān, “soap dish”)