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 (ʔābm

  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
Descendants
  • Persian: آب (âb, August)

See also

Etymology 2

Root
ء و ب (ʔ w b)
4 terms

Verb

آبَ (ʔāba) I (non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʔūbu), verbal noun أَوْب (ʔawb) or أَوْبَة (ʔawba) or إِيَاب (ʔiyāb) or مَآب (maʔāb))

  1. to return, to come back
    Synonyms: عَادَ (ʕāda), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa)
  2. to repent
    Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
  3. to incur, catch, be left with
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Verb

آبَ (ʔāba) (form I) /ʔaː.ba/

  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 (ābm (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

    Noun

    Dari آب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik об

    آب (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))

    1. water
    2. liquid
    3. juice
      آب انارâb-e anârpomegranate juice
      Synonym: آب میوه
    4. river
      Synonym: رود
    5. honour, reputation, standing
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
    • Hazaragi: او (aw)
    • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
    • Tajik: об (ob)
    • Äynu: ab
    • Bengali: আব (āb)
    • Gujarati: અબ (āb)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: आब (āb)
      Urdu: آب (āb)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)
      Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)
    • Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)
    • 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 (ābum (Devanagari आबु)

    1. water
    2. juice

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    آب (ʔābm

    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 (ābm (Hindi spelling आब)

    1. water
    2. liquid
    3. sparkle