حبش

See also: حبس and جبس

Arabic

Noun

حَبَش • (ḥabaš) f

  1. only used in الْحَبَش (al-ḥabaš)
Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, Ethiopia) due to ideas of getting richer through incense trade. Alternatively variant of حَفَشَ (ḥafaša, to gather), which may be illustrated by the same verb in Ge'ez, ሐፈሠ (ḥäfäśä), variating too as ሐበሠ (ḥäbäśä, to collect).

Verb

حَبَشَ • (ḥabaša) I, non-past يَحْبُشُ‎ (yaḥbušu)

  1. to collect, to earn, to reap
Conjugation

Verb

حَبَّشَ • (ḥabbaša) II, non-past يُحَبِّشُ‎ (yuḥabbišu)

  1. to collect, to earn, to reap
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حبش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 335
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حبش”, 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 (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 368a

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَشْ (ḥabaš, Abyssinia) or the root ح ب ش (ḥ-b-š); “to collect”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħabaʃ/

Noun

حبش • (ḥabaš) m (collective)

  1. maize, corn
    Synonym: ذُرة (dura)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Shortening of ديك الحبش (dīk il-ḥabaš, literally Ethiopian rooster).

Noun

حبش • (ḥabaš) m

  1. (uncountable) turkey

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَبَشْ (ḥabaš, Abyssinia), the former name of Ethiopia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

حَبَش • (habaś) m (Hindi spelling हबश)

  1. (historical) Abyssinia (a country in Africa)
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