كوب

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Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic כובא (k؜ūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ (k؜ūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

كُوب (kūbm (plural أَكْوَاب (ʔakwāb))

  1. glass, cup
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
      yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: كوب (kūb, kōb)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 252

Hijazi Arabic

كوب

Etymology

From Arabic كُوب (kūb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːb/, /ˈkoːb/

Noun

كوب (kūb or kōbm (plural أَكْواب ‎(ʾakwāb))

  1. cup
  2. mug

See also