حبق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ب ق (ḥ-b-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ba.qa/

Verb

(obsolete)

1. to pass gas

Noun

حَبْق • (ḥabq) m (obsolete)

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

Declension

Declension of noun حَبْق (ḥabq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَبْق ḥabq	الْحَبْق al-ḥabq	حَبْق ḥabq
Nominative	حَبْقٌ ḥabqun	الْحَبْقُ al-ḥabqu	حَبْقُ ḥabqu
Accusative	حَبْقًا ḥabqan	الْحَبْقَ al-ḥabqa	حَبْقَ ḥabqa
Genitive	حَبْقٍ ḥabqin	الْحَبْقِ al-ḥabqi	حَبْقِ ḥabqi

Etymology 2

حَبَق – Ocimum basilicum

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 رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “basil”) for similar semantic development. Cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܟܐ (ḥawkā, “basil”) which has been borrowed as حَوْك (ḥawk); although the ending of the form حَبَاقَى (ḥabāqā), حَبَاقَا (ḥabāqā), which was used in the sense of “sweet clover (Melilotus); horned trefoil (Trigonella corniculata)” in 9th century Iraq, may point to a loan from an Aramaic, of which the Syriac and Arabic would be the only, late remnants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.baq/

Noun

حَبَق • (ḥabaq) m

1. a general name for aromatic Lamiaceae
   1. (now especially) basil (Ocimum gen. et spp.)
   2. (Classical Arabic) mint (Mentha spp.), when without any qualifier then usually pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

Declension

Declension of noun حَبَق (ḥabaq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَبَق ḥabaq	الْحَبَق al-ḥabaq	حَبَق ḥabaq
Nominative	حَبَقٌ ḥabaqun	الْحَبَقُ al-ḥabaqu	حَبَقُ ḥabaqu
Accusative	حَبَقًا ḥabaqan	الْحَبَقَ al-ḥabaqa	حَبَقَ ḥabaqa
Genitive	حَبَقٍ ḥabaqin	الْحَبَقِ al-ḥabaqi	حَبَقِ ḥabaqi

Descendants

• Maltese: ħabaq
• → Asturian: albahaca
• → Catalan: alfàbrega, alfabaguera, alfabreguera, alfàbega
• → Spanish: alhábega
• → Galician: alfábega
• → Ladino: alhabaca
• → Portuguese: alfavaca, alfabaca, alfádega, alfávega
• → Old Spanish: albafaca
  • Spanish: albahaca

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حبق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (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^[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 369

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħabaɡ/

Noun

حبق • (ḥabag) m

1. Ocimum (taxonomic plant genus)

   Synonym: نعناع المدينة

See also

• ريحان (rēḥān, “basil”)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħbaq/

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Noun

حبق • (ḥbaq) m (plural حبوقة (ḥbūqa))

1. basil
2. vase

   Synonym: فاز (vāz)

   حط هاد النوار فداك الحبق اللي على شمالك.

   ḥuṭṭ hād en-nuwwār f-dāk la-ḥbaq elli ʕla šmālak.

   Put these flowers on that vase on your left.