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آب

آب

See also: اب, أب, ات, آپ, and آت

Arabic

Proper noun

آب (ʾāb) m

  1. August (Christian calendar followed in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)
Declension

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Etymology 2

From the root ء و ب (ʾ-w-b).

Verb

آبَ (ʾāba) I, non-past يَأُوبُ or يَؤُوبُ‎ (yaʾūbu)

  1. to return, to come back
  2. to incur, catch, be left with (construed with بِـ (bi-))
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

آبَ (ʾāba) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَبَى (ʾabā)

Gazi

Noun

آب (āb)

  1. water

References

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Hazaragi

Noun

آب (āb)

  1. water

References

  • G. K. Dulling, The Hazaragi dialect of Afghan Persian (1973)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab/

Noun

آب (transliteration needed)

  1. water

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hap- (compare Sanskrit अप् (áp)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (water, body of water).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari آب
Iranian Persian آب
Tajik об (ob)

آب (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. juice
  4. river
  5. honour, reputation, standing

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Descendants

  • Turkish: ab

Sindhi

Noun

آب (âb-u)

  1. water
  2. juice

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian آب (âb).

Noun

آب (āb) m (Hindi spelling आब)

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. sparkle

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