See also: اب, أب, ات, آپ, and آت

Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar).

Proper noun

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آب (ʔābm

  1. (Mashreq, especially Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) August (eighth month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars)
    Synonyms: أَغُسْطُس (ʔaḡusṭus), (Morocco) غُشْت (ḡušt), (Algeria, Tunisia) أُوت (ʔūt)
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  • Persian: آب (âb, August)

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Etymology 2

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Root
ء و ب (ʔ w b)
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Verb

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آبَ (ʔāba) I (non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʔūbu), verbal noun أَوْب (ʔawb) or أَوْبَة (ʔawba) or إِيَاب (ʔiyāb) or مَآب (maʔāb))

  1. to return, to come back
    Synonyms: عَادَ (ʕāda), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa)
  2. to repent
    Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
  3. to incur, catch, be left with [with بِ (bi)]
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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آبَ (ʔāba) (form I) /ʔaː.ba/

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَبَى (ʔabā)

Gilaki

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian آب (āb).

Noun

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آب (âb)

  1. water

Kashmiri

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

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Noun

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آب (ābm (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)

  1. (uncountable) water
    Synonyms: زَل (zal), پونؠ (pōn')
    آب چھُ تُرُن
    āb chu turun
    The water is cold

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آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.

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Kermanic

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Noun

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آب (āb)

  1. (Gazi) water

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  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian آب (âb).

Noun

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آب (âb)

  1. water

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (water, body of water).

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    Readings
    Classical reading? āḇ
    Dari reading? āb
    Iranian reading? âb
    Tajik reading? ob

    Noun

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    Dari آب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik об

    آب (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))

    1. water
    2. liquid
    3. juice
      Synonym: آب میوه
      آب انارâb-e anârpomegranate juice
    4. river
      Synonym: رود
    5. honour, reputation, standing
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    • Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
    • Hazaragi: او (aw)
    • Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
    • Tajik: об (ob)
    • Äynu: ab
    • Bengali: আব (āb)
    • Gujarati: અબ (āb)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: आब (āb)
      Urdu: آب (āb)
    • Kashmiri:
      Arabic script: آب (āb)
      Devanagari script: आब (āb)
      Sharada script: 𑆄𑆧𑇀 (āb)
    • Ottoman Turkish: آب (âb)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)
      Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)
    • Sindhi:
      Arabic script: آبُ (ābu)
      Devanagari script: आबु (ābu)
      Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋔𑋣 (ābu)
    • Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)
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    References

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    • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 312

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ.

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    Readings
    Classical reading? āḇ
    Dari reading? āb
    Iranian reading? âb
    Tajik reading? ob

    Noun

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    Dari آب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik об

    آب (âb)

    1. (Syriac calendar) August
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    آب (ābum (Devanagari आबु)

    1. water
    2. juice
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    South Levantine Arabic

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).

    Noun

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    آب (ʔābm

    1. (formal) August
      Synonym: شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye)

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    Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
    January February March April
    شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad),
    كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)
    شهر تنين (šahr tnēn),
    شباط (šbāṭ)
    شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte),
    آذار (ʔāḏār)
    شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa),
    نيسان (nīsān)
    May June July August
    شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse),
    أيّار (ʔayyār)
    شهر ستّة (šahr sitte),
    حزيران (ḥazīrān)
    شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa),
    تمّوز (tammūz)
    شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye),
    آب (ʔāb)
    September October November December
    شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa),
    أيلول (ʔēlūl)
    شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara),
    تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)
    شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš),
    تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)
    شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš),
    كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

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    آب (ābm (Hindi spelling आब)

    1. water
    2. liquid
    3. sparkle
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