حساب

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See also: خشاب

Arabic

Root
ح س ب (ḥ s b)
17 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of حَسَبَ (ḥasaba) and حَاسَبَ (ḥāsaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.saːb/
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Noun

حِسَاب (ḥisābm (plural حِسَابَات (ḥisābāt) or أَحْسِبَة (ʔaḥsiba))

  1. verbal noun of حَسَبَ (ḥasaba) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of حَاسَبَ (ḥāsaba) (form III)
  3. account
  4. calculation
  5. arithmetic
  6. bill (invoice in a restaurant, etc.)
Declension
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

Occupational noun from حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, to calculate).

Noun

حَسَّاب (ḥassābm (plural حَسَّابُونَ (ḥassābūna), feminine حَسَّابَة (ḥassāba))

  1. accountant
  2. calculator (person who calculates)
  3. arithmetician
Declension
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Etymology 3

Noun

حُسَّاب (ḥussābm pl

  1. plural of حَاسِب (ḥāsib)

Etymology 4

Adjective

حُسَّاب (ḥussābm pl

  1. masculine plural of حَاسِب (ḥāsib)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb, account, calculation).

Noun

حساب (hisab)

  1. estimation, counting, calculation, reckoning, as to number or quantity
    Synonym: صان (san)
  2. account, bill, a written or printed registry of pecuniary transactions
  3. arithmetic, the mathematics of numbers under the four operations

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hisāḇ
Dari reading? hisāb
Iranian reading? hesâb
Tajik reading? hisob

Noun

Dari حساب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳисоб

حساب (hesâb)

  1. account
  2. arithmetic
    Synonym: شمار (šomâr)
  3. score

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb). Compare Bengali হিসাব (hiśab), Assamese হিচাপ (hisap).

Pronunciation

Noun

حِساب (hisābm (Hindi spelling हिसाब)

  1. account
  2. calculation; arithmetic
  3. bill (a list of items needed to paid for)
  4. viewpoint, perspective

Declension

    Declension of حساب
singular plural
direct حِساب (hisāb) حِساب (hisāb)
oblique حِساب (hisāb) حِسابوں (hisābõ)
vocative حِساب (hisāb) حِسابو (hisābo)

Derived terms

References

  • حساب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • حساب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb).

Noun

حساب (hisāb)

  1. calculation, about
  2. account
  3. viewpoint, perspective

Verb

حساب (hisāb)

  1. to count, counting