حبش

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See also: حبس and جبس

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

حَبَش (ḥabašf

  1. only used in الْحَبَش (al-ḥabaš)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, Ethiopia) due to ideas of getting richer through incense trade. Alternatively variant of حَفَشَ (ḥafaša, to gather), which may be illustrated by the same verb in Ge'ez, ሐፈሠ (ḥäfäśä), variating too as ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä, to collect).

Verb[edit]

حَبَشَ (ḥabaša) I, non-past يَحْبُشُ‎ (yaḥbušu)

  1. to collect, to earn, to reap
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

حَبَّشَ (ḥabbaša) II, non-past يُحَبِّشُ‎ (yuḥabbišu)

  1. to collect, to earn, to reap
Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حبش”, 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 335
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حبش”, 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 Cie, page 368a

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic حَبَشْ (ḥabaš, Abyssinia) or the root ح ب ش (ḥ-b-š); “to collect”.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

حبش (ḥabašm (collective)

  1. maize, corn
    Synonym: ذُرة (dura)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of ديك الحبش (dīk il-ḥabaš, literally Ethiopian rooster).

Noun[edit]

حبش (ḥabašm

  1. (uncountable) turkey

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic حَبَشْ (ḥabaš, Abyssinia), the former name of Ethiopia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

حَبَش (habaśm (Hindi spelling हबश)

  1. (historical) Abyssinia (a country in Africa)