هبة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ه ب (w-h-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hi.ba/

Noun

هِبَة • (hiba) f (plural هِبَات (hibāt))

  1. verbal noun of وَهَبَ (wahaba) (form I)
  2. (countable) gift, donation
    • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 32:4:
      قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «العَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالكَلْبِ يَقِيءُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ».‏
      qāla rasūlu llahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama: “al-ʕāʔidu fī hibatihi ka-l-kalbi yaqīʔu ṯumma yaʕūdu fī qayʔihi”.
      The Messenger of Allah, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The reclaimer of his gift is like a dog that vomits then reclaims its vomit.”
Declension
Descendants
  • Bengali: হেবা (heba)

Etymology 2

Root
ه ب ب (h-b-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hib.ba/

Noun

هِبَّة • (hibba) f

  1. verbal noun of هَبَّ (habba) (form I)
Declension
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