abwab

English

Etymology

From Hindi अबवाब (abvāb), from Persian ابواب (abvâb), from Arabic أَبْوَاب (ʔabwāb, “doors, sources of revenue”), plural of بَاب (bāb, “door”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈwɑːb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈwɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

abwab (plural abwabs)

1. (India) A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabˈwab/, [ʔɐbˈwab]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: ab‧wab

Noun

abwáb (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜏᜊ᜔)

1. Alternative form of abuab