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

1. end, what something is aimed at

Declension

Declension of noun حَبَاب (ḥabāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	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

1. amity
2. earring of one berry (حَبَّة (ḥabba))

Declension

Declension of noun حِبَاب (ḥibāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	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

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

Declension

Declension of noun حُبَاب (ḥubāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	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]

• (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)

1. bubble
   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “In the Presence of Shah-i Hamadan”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[4]:

     سلطنت نازکتر آمد از حباب
     از دمی او را توان کردن خراب

     saltanat nāzik-tar āmad az hubāb
     az dam-ē ō rā tawān kardan xarāb

     Dominion is frailer than a bubble
     and can be destroyed by a single breath.

     (Indo-Persian script)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “حباب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim