حبل

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See also: جبل, چپل, and ختل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥabl-.

Pronunciation

Noun

حَبْل (ḥablm (plural حِبَال (ḥibāl) or أَحْبُل (ʔaḥbul) or حُبُول (ḥubūl) or أَحْبَال (ʔaḥbāl))

  1. rope, cable, hawser
  2. cord, string, thread
  3. ray, beam, jet
  4. (anatomy) vein
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:16:
      وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
      wa-laqad xalaqnā l-ʾinsana wa-naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wa-naḥnu ʾaqrabu ʾilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi
      And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein
  5. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ح ب ل (ḥ-b-l).

Pronunciation

Verb

حَبِلَ (ḥabila) I, non-past يَحْبَلُ‎ (yaḥbalu)

  1. to become pregnant, to conceive

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

حَبَّلَ (ḥabbala) II, non-past يُحَبِّلُ‎ (yuḥabbilu)

  1. to make pregnant
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

حَبَل (ḥabalm

  1. verbal noun of حَبِلَ (ḥabila) (form I)
  2. conception
  3. pregnancy
Declension

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl).

Noun

حبل (habl)

  1. rope