آب

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See also: اب, أب, ات, آپ, and آت

Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, “Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

آب • (ʔāb) m

  1. (Mashreq, especially Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) August (eighth month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars)
    Synonyms: أَغُسْطُس (ʔaḡusṭus), (Morocco) غُشْت (ḡušt), (Algeria, Tunisia) أُوت (ʔūt)
Declension
Declension of noun آب (ʔāb)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — آب
ʔāb 		—
Nominative — آبُ
ʔābu 		—
Accusative — آبَ
ʔāba 		—
Genitive — آبَ
ʔāba 		—
Descendants
  • → Persian: آب (âb, “August”)

See also

Etymology 2

Root
ء و ب (ʔ-w-b)

Verb

آبَ • (ʔāba) I, non-past يَؤُوبُ‎ (yaʔūbu)

  1. to return, to come back
    Synonyms: عَادَ (ʕāda), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa)
  2. to repent
    Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
  3. to incur, catch, be left with (construed with بِـ (bi-))
Conjugation
Conjugation of
آبَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns أَوْب or أَوْبَة or إِيَاب or مَآب)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
ʔawb or ʔawba or ʔiyāb or maʔāb
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
ʔāʔib
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
maʔūb
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
ʔubtu
ʔubta
آبَ

ʔāba
ʔubtumā
ʔābā
ʔubnā
ʔubtum
ʔābū
f
ʔubti
ʔābat
ʔābatā
ʔubtunna
ʔubna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔaʔūbu
taʔūbu
yaʔūbu
taʔūbāni
yaʔūbāni
naʔūbu
taʔūbūna
yaʔūbūna
f
taʔūbīna
taʔūbu
taʔūbāni
taʔubna
yaʔubna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔaʔūba
taʔūba
yaʔūba
taʔūbā
yaʔūbā
naʔūba
taʔūbū
yaʔūbū
f
taʔūbī
taʔūba
taʔūbā
taʔubna
yaʔubna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔaʔub
taʔub
yaʔub
taʔūbā
yaʔūbā
naʔub
taʔūbū
yaʔūbū
f
taʔūbī
taʔub
taʔūbā
taʔubna
yaʔubna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
ʔub
ʔūbā
ʔūbū
f
ʔūbī
ʔubna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — —
ʔība 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — —
yuʔābu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — —
yuʔāba 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — —
yuʔab 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

Etymology 3

Verb

آبَ • (ʔāba) (form I)

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

Gilaki

Etymology

Cognate with Persian آب (āb).

Noun

آب (âb)

  1. water

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

Pronunciation

Noun

آب • (āb) m (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)

  1. (uncountable) water
    Synonyms: زَل (zal), پونؠ (pōn')
    آب چھُ تُرُن
    āb chu turun
    The water is cold

Usage notes

آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.

Declension

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References

Kermanic

Noun

آب (āb)

  1. (Gazi) 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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آب (âb).

Noun

آب • (âb)

  1. water

Descendants

Persian

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āḇ
Dari reading? āb
Iranian reading? âb
Tajik reading? ob
  • Audio (Iranian Persian)(file)

Noun

Dari آب
Iranian Persian
Tajik об

آب • (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. juice
    آب انار ― âb-e anâr ― pomegranate juice
  4. river
  5. honour, reputation, standing
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
  • Hazaragi: او (aw)
  • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
  • Tajik: об (ob)
  • → Aynu: ab
  • → Bengali: আব (āb)
  • → Gujarati: અબ (āb)
  • → Hindustani: āb
    Hindi: आब (āb)
    Urdu: آب (āb)
  • → Punjabi: āb
    Gurmukhi: ਆਬ (āb)
    Shahmukhi: آب (āb)
  • → Turkish: ab
See also

References

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 312

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āḇ
Dari reading? āb
Iranian reading? âb
Tajik reading? ob

Noun

Dari آب
Iranian Persian
Tajik об

آب • (âb)

  1. (Syriac calendar) August
See also
Further reading

Sindhi

Noun

آب • (ābu) m (Devanagari आबु)

  1. water
  2. juice

Related terms

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).

Noun

آب • (ʔāb) m

  1. (formal) August
    Synonym: شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January February March April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad),
كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) 		شهر تنين (šahr tnēn),
شباط (šbāṭ) 		شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte),
آذار (ʔāḏār) 		شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa),
نيسان (nīsān)
May June July August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse),
أيّار (ʔayyār) 		شهر ستّة (šahr sitte),
حزيران (ḥazīrān) 		شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa),
تمّوز (tammūz) 		شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye),
آب (ʔāb)
September October November December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa),
أيلول (ʔēlūl) 		شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara),
تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) 		شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš),
تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) 		شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš),
كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

Pronunciation

Noun

آب • (āb) m (Hindi spelling आब)

  1. water
  2. liquid
  3. sparkle

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