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Uncertain whether an ideophonic word from a root ܩ-ܒ-ܒ(q-b-b) – compare Classical Syriacܓܘܒܐ(gubbā, “well; cistern”), ܓܝܒܐ(gaybā, gayḇā, “vault; shrine”) – or an Iranian borrowing, compare Persianکپه(koppe, “pile, stack; dome-shaped object”), Central Kurdishکۆپ(kop, “crest, peak, summit”) and گەبە(gebe, “mumps”).
“qwbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 640a
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Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 491b
Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1324a