حبق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ب ق (ḥ-b-q).

Pronunciation

Verb

حَبَقَ (ḥabaqa) I, non-past يَحْبِقُ‎ (yaḥbiqu) (obsolete)

  1. to pass gas
Conjugation

Noun

حَبْق (ḥabqm (obsolete)

  1. verbal noun of حَبَقَ (ḥabaqa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

حَبَق
 حبق on Arabic Wikipedia

From the root ح ب ق (ḥ-b-q) meaning “to break wind or pass gas”, “to change the smell of air”; originally applied to a wide range of odorous herbs, so called for the aroma released when rubbing such plants. See رِيحَان (rīḥān, basil) for similar semantic development.

Pronunciation

Noun

حَبَق (ḥabaqm

  1. Ocimum
Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħabaq

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حبق”, 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 336
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حبق”, 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 369

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq).

Pronunciation

Noun

حَبَق (ḥabagm pl

  1. Ocimum (taxonomic plant genus)

Synonyms

See also


Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq)

Pronunciation

Noun

حبق (ḥbaqm (plural حبوقة, ḥbūqa)

  1. basil