અસબાબ

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْبَاب (ʔasbāb). Compare Bengali আসবাব (asbab) and Hindi असबाब (asbāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈə.sə.bɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

અસબાબ • (asabāb) m

1. chattels, goods

   Synonym: માલ (māl)

   • 1887, Jalal al-Din Mirza Qajar, translated by Ardaseer Dossabhaee Moonshee, પુરાતન પારસીઓની તવારીખ:

     ...અને તેઓના ઉંટ ઘોડા તથા ઘણોએક બીજો લસકરી માલ અસબાબ લુટી લઇ પાછા ફરેયા.

     ...ane teonā uṇṭa ghoḍā tathā ghaṇoeka bījo lasakrī māl asabāb luṭī lai pāchā phareyā.

     And their camels, horses and many of their weapons, chattels and goods were stolen and then they left.

2. luggage

   Synonym: સામાન (sāmān)

3. paraphernalia

   Synonym: સરંજામ (sarañjām)

Further reading

• “અસબાબ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “અસબાબ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.