qab

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic габ
Abjad قاب

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kāp (bowl, cup); cognate with Karakhanid قابْ (qāp), Turkish kap, Turkmen gap (box, bag), Tatar кап (qap, box, bag, case).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
  • (file)

Noun

qab (definite accusative qabı, plural qablar)

  1. tableware
    Synonym: qab-qaşıq
  2. dish plate, bowl
    Synonym: kasa
    • 2017 November 8, Criminal.az:
      Məni hər gün döyürdü, təhqir edirdi. Dünən də döyməyə başladı, masanın üstündəki meyvə qabını başına vurdum, yerə yıxıldı.
      He beat and insulted me every day. Yesterday he started beating me again, so I hit his head with the fruit bowl lying on the table so he fell.
  3. container, case
    Synonym: qutu (box)
  4. bin

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Talysh: ğab

References

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قَاب (qāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

qab m (plural qwieb)

  1. (obsolete) stomach

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kāp.

Pronunciation

Noun

qab

  1. gunny sack

References

  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “χab”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 129
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “xab”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 313
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “xap”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 120

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (back (as opposed to the front)).

Preposition

qab

  1. behind, of that which is behind
  2. under, underneath, at the base of, at the lower side of

Verb

qab

  1. to return, go back, go backward
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (sweet), borrowed from Old Chinese (OC *kaːm, “sweet”).

Adjective

qab

  1. (of taste and feelings) sweet, pleasant
    Antonym: qaub (sour)

Noun

qab

  1. usefulness, worthiness
    Tsis pom qab mus.(I) don't know how to go.
Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 255-7.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 16; 281.