كوب

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Aramaic כובא (kūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ (kūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

كُوب (kūbm (plural أَكْوَاب (ʔakwāb))

  1. glass, cup
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
      yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Hijazi Arabic: كوب (kūb, kōb)

References[edit]

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 252

Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كُوب (kūb).

Noun[edit]

كوب (kūbm (plural أكواب (ʾakwāb))

  1. cup, glass

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

كوب

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كُوب (kūb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

كُوب or كوب (kūb or kōbm (plural أَكْواب (ʔakwāb))

  1. cup
  2. mug

See also[edit]