Arabic

Noun

حَبْل • ‎(ḥabl) m ‎(plural حِبَال ‎(ḥibāl) or أَحْبُل ‎(ʾaḥbul) or حُبُول ‎(ḥubūl) or أَحْبَال ‎(ʾaḥbāl))

1. rope, cable, hawser
2. cord, string, thread
3. ray, beam, jet
4. (anatomy) vein
   • Qur'an 50:16

     وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

     wa-laqad xalaqnā l-ʾinsana wa-naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wa-naḥnu ʾaqrabu ʾilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi

     And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein

5. (anatomy) sinew, tendon

Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ح ب ل ‎(ḥ-b-l).

Verb

حَبِلَ • ‎(ḥabila) I, non-past يَحْبَلُ‎ (yaḥbalu)

1. to become pregnant, to conceive

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

حَبَّلَ • ‎(ḥabbala) II, non-past يُحَبِّلُ‎ (yuḥabbilu)

1. to make pregnant

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

حَبَل • ‎(ḥabal) m

1. verbal noun of حَبِلَ ‎(ḥabila) (form I)
2. conception
3. pregnancy

Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَبْل ‎(ḥabl).

Noun

حبل • ‎(habl)

1. rope