سحاب

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See also: شحات

Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root س ح ب (s-ḥ-b)

سَحَّابٌ

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.ħaːb/
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Noun

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سَحَاب (saḥābm sg or f sg or f pl (collective, singulative سَحَابَة (saḥāba), plural سُحُب (suḥub))

  1. clouds
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:12:
      هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنْشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَالَ
      huwa llaḏī yurīkumu l-barqa ḵawfan waṭamaʕan wayunšiʔu as-saḥāba aṯ-ṯiqāla
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:88:
      وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ
      watarā l-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wahiya tamurru marra l-ssaḥābi ṣunʕa l-lahi llaḏī ʔatqana kulla šayʔin ʔinnahu ḵabīrun bimā tafʕalūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Noun

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سَحَّاب (saḥḥābm (plural سَحَّابَات (saḥḥābāt))

  1. zip fastener

Declension

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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
س ح ب
2 terms

Etymology 1

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سَحَّاب

From Arabic سَحَّاب (saḥḥāb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَحَّاب (saḥḥābm (plural سَحَّابات (saḥḥābāt))

  1. zipper
    Synonym: سُسْتَة (susta)

Etymology 2

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سَحَاب

From Arabic سَحَاب (saḥāb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سحاب (saḥābm (collective, singulative سحابة f (saḥāba), paucal سحابات (saḥābāt), plural سحب (suḥub))

  1. clouds

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَحَاب (saḥāb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sahāḇ
Dari reading? sahāb
Iranian reading? sahâb
Tajik reading? sahob

Noun

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سحاب (sahâb) (collective)

  1. clouds
    Synonym: ابر (abr)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 83:
      اشکی از گردون به صحن خاک میریزد سحاب
      رنگی از گلها بروی باغ می‌آرد جهان
      aškē az gardūn ba sahn-i xāk mē-rēzad sahāb
      rangē az gulhā ba-rō-yi bāğ mē-ārad jahān
      The clouds are spilling a tear from the heavens to the dusty court,
      The world is bringing a hue from the roses to the garden's face.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ح ب
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Arabic سَحَّاب (saḥḥāb).

Noun

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سحّاب (saḥḥābm

  1. zip, zipper, zip fastener
    Synonym: جرار (jarrār)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Arabic سَحَاب (saḥāb, clouds).

Proper noun

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سحاب (saḥābf

  1. Sahab (a city in Jordan)