حباب

See also: جباب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ b b). See also عُبَاب (ʕubāb, “billows”) from the root ع ب ب (ʕ b b), and مَغَبَّة (maḡabba) from the root غ ب ب (ḡ b b) also means “end”.

Noun

حَبَاب • (ḥabāb) m

end, what something is aimed at

Declension

Declension of noun **حَبَاب** (ḥabāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَبَاب ḥabāb	الْحَبَاب al-ḥabāb	حَبَاب ḥabāb
nominative	حَبَابٌ ḥabābun	الْحَبَابُ al-ḥabābu	حَبَابُ ḥabābu
accusative	حَبَابًا ḥabāban	الْحَبَابَ al-ḥabāba	حَبَابَ ḥabāba
genitive	حَبَابٍ ḥabābin	الْحَبَابِ al-ḥabābi	حَبَابِ ḥabābi

Noun

حِبَاب • (ḥibāb) m

amity
earring of one berry (حَبَّة (ḥabba))

Declension

Declension of noun **حِبَاب** (ḥibāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِبَاب ḥibāb	الْحِبَاب al-ḥibāb	حِبَاب ḥibāb
nominative	حِبَابٌ ḥibābun	الْحِبَابُ al-ḥibābu	حِبَابُ ḥibābu
accusative	حِبَابًا ḥibāban	الْحِبَابَ al-ḥibāba	حِبَابَ ḥibāba
genitive	حِبَابٍ ḥibābin	الْحِبَابِ al-ḥibābi	حِبَابِ ḥibābi

Noun

حُبَاب • (ḥubāb) m

a copiosity (bubble or streak) of water or sand on a surface etc.
beloved, friend
(euphemistic) snake

Declension

Declension of noun **حُبَاب** (ḥubāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُبَاب ḥubāb	الْحُبَاب al-ḥubāb	حُبَاب ḥubāb
nominative	حُبَابٌ ḥubābun	الْحُبَابُ al-ḥubābu	حُبَابُ ḥubābu
accusative	حُبَابًا ḥubāban	الْحُبَابَ al-ḥubāba	حُبَابَ ḥubāba
genitive	حُبَابٍ ḥubābin	الْحُبَابِ al-ḥubābi	حُبَابِ ḥubābi

Descendants

→? Amharic: ሕባብ (ḥəbab), እባብ (ʾəbab, “snake”)
→? Harari: ሕባብ (ḥəbab, “snake”)

References

Freytag, Georg (1830) “حباب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 331a
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حباب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 364a–b
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حباب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 497b–c.
Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 89

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُبَاب (ḥubāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hu.ˈbaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.bɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.bɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.bɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.bɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.bɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hubāb
Dari reading^?	hubāb
Iranian reading^?	hobâb
Tajik reading^?	hubob

Noun

حباب • (hubāb / hobâb) (Tajik spelling ҳубоб)

bubble