Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ ‎(ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حَسَبَ ‎(ḥasaba) and Hebrew חָשַׁב ‎(ḥāšaḇ), as well as Old Armenian հաշիւ ‎(hašiw), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)ʃav]