صبا

Verb form I from the root ص ب و (ṣ-b-w).

صَبَا • (ṣabā) I (non-past يَصْبُو (yaṣbū), verbal noun صَبْو (ṣabw) or صُبُوّ (ṣubuww) or صِبًا (ṣiban) or صَبَاء (ṣabāʔ))

2. to be a child, be childish

Verb form I from the root ص ب و (ṣ-b-w). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܨܒܐ (ṣāḇe, “to will, desire”).

صَبَا • (ṣabā) I (non-past يَصْبُو (yaṣbū), verbal noun صُبُوّ (ṣubuww) or صَبْوَة (ṣabwa))

2. to bend, incline: followed by لِـ (li-)
3. to feel sensual desire (for), desire: followed by إِلِى
4. to strive (for), aspire (to): followed by إِلِى

Verbal noun from صَبَا (ṣabā, “to be a child”).

صِبًا • (ṣiban) m

1. childhood, boyhood, maidenhood, youth
2. youthfulness

• صِبًى (ṣiban)

Verbal noun from صَبَا (ṣabā, “to desire”).

صِبًا • (ṣiban) m

1. inclination, propensity, bent, longing, desire

• صِبًى (ṣiban)

From ص ب و (ṣ-b-w) derived from its meaning of longing, passionate love, desire; the Ṣabā Maqām for the Arab listener evokes sad, tragic, or lamenting emotions.

صَبَا • (ṣabā) m

1. (music) saba, a maqam (Arabic scale)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صبا (صبو)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Touma, Habib Hassan (1996), Laurie Schwartz (trans.). The Music of the Arabs. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. →ISBN, p. 44

Borrowed from Arabic صَبَا (ṣabā).

صبا • (sabâ)

1. zephyr; soft breeze; especially, a morning easterly

Borrowed from Arabic صِبًا (ṣiban).

صبا • (sebâ)

1. (literary) childhood; boyhood; maidenhood

   Synonyms: بچگی (baččegi), کودکی (kudaki)

See صباح

صبا • (sebâ or subā)

1. Misspelling of صباح.