Sabaean

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-. Compare Akkadian 𒀀𒁀 (abum), Arabic أَب (ʔab), and Hebrew אב.

Noun

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𐩱𐩨 (ʾb)

  1. father
  2. ancestor
  3. forebear

References

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  1. A. F. L. Beeston, M.A. Ghul, W.W. Müller, J. Ryckmans (1982) Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic), Multilingual edition, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 1