اسباب

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

اسباب • (esbab)

1. plural of سبب (sebab)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔas.ˈbaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.bɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.bɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.bɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.bɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæs.bɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäs.bɔb]

• Rhymes: -aːb

Readings
Classical reading?	asbāb
Dari reading?	asbāb
Iranian reading?	asbâb
Tajik reading?	asbob

Noun

اسباب • (asbāb / asbâb) (Tajik spelling асбоб)

1. plural of سَبَب (sabab)
2. luggage

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اسباب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 1, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 74

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ge'ez አስባብ (ʾäsbab)bor.

Arabic أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb)bor.

Urdu اسباب

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb). Compare Bengali আসবাব (asbab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əs.bɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

اسباب • (asbāb) m pl (Hindi spelling असबाब or अस्बाब) plural of سَبَب (sabab)

1. causes, means, motives, appliance, materiel

References

• “اسباب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.