حبق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ب ق (ḥ-b-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ba.qa/

Verb

حَبَقَ • (ḥabaqa) I, non-past يَحْبِقُ‎ (yaḥbiqu)

(obsolete)
  1. to pass gas
Conjugation

Noun

حَبْق • (ḥabq) m

(obsolete)
  1. verbal noun of حَبَقَ (ḥabaqa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

حَبَق

From the root ح ب ق (ḥ-b-q) meaning “to break wind or pass gas”, “to change the smell of air”; originally applied to a wide range of odorous herbs, so called for the aroma released when rubbing such plants. See رِيحَان (rīḥān, basil) for similar semantic development.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.baq/

Noun

حَبَق (ḥabaq) m

  1. Ocimum
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830), حبق”, 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 336
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), حبق”, 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 369

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħabaɡ/

Noun

حَبَق (ḥabag) m pl

  1. Ocimum (taxonomic plant genus)

Synonyms

  • نعناع المدينة

See also

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