حبل

See also: جبل, چپل, and ختل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥabl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħabl/

Noun

حَبْل (ḥabl) m (plural حِبَال (ḥibāl) or أَحْبُل (ʾaḥbul) or حُبُول (ḥubūl) or أَحْبَال (ʾaḥbāl))

  1. rope, cable, hawser
  2. cord, string, thread
  3. ray, beam, jet
  4. (anatomy) vein
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:16:
      وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
      wa-laqad xalaqnā l-ʾinsana wa-naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wa-naḥnu ʾaqrabu ʾilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi
      And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein
  5. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ح ب ل (ḥ-b-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.bi.la/

Verb

حَبِلَ (ḥabila) I, non-past يَحْبَلُ‎ (yaḥbalu)

  1. to become pregnant, to conceive

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħab.ba.la/

Verb

حَبَّلَ (ḥabbala) II, non-past يُحَبِّلُ‎ (yuḥabbilu)

  1. to make pregnant
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.bal/

Noun

حَبَل (ḥabal) m

  1. verbal noun of حَبِلَ (ḥabila) (form I)
  2. conception
  3. pregnancy
Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl).

Noun

حبل (habl)

  1. rope
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