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Arabic
Etymology
Likely related to Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʾāḇā, “forest, thicket”), the root ع ب ب (ʕ-b-b) related to swellings and thickenings being the Aramaic reflex of the Arabic root ض ب ب (ḍ-b-b) related to sticking, density, tumorosity. Later duplicated to عُبْعُب (ʕubʕub).
Noun
عُبَب • (ʕubab) m
- husk tomato (Physalis gen. sensu lato)
- Synonym: حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)
- winter cherry, bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- Synonyms: كَاكَنْج (kākanj), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)
- winter cherry, poison gooseberry, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera, syn. Physalis somnifera)
- Synonyms: عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)
Noun
عُبُب • (ʕubub) pl
- plural of عُبَاب (ʕubāb, “waves or billows of a torrent of water”)