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

  1. end, what something is aimed at

Declension

Noun

حِبَاب • (ḥibāb) m

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

Declension

Noun

حُبَاب • (ḥubāb) m

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

Declension

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 (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 (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 364a–b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حباب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 497b–c
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 89

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

حباب • (hobâb)

  1. bubble
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