ذهب

See also: دہت and ذ ه ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ذ ه ب (ḏ-h-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ða.ha.ba/
  • (file)

Verb

ذَهَبَ (ḏahaba) I, non-past يَذْهَبُ‎ (yaḏhabu)

  1. to go, to travel
    إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟
    ʾilā ʾayna taḏhabu?
    Where are you going?
  2. to go away, to leave, to depart
  3. to disappear, to vanish
  4. to decline, to dwindle
  5. to perish, to die, to be destroyed
  6. to abduct, to steal, to sweep away, to annihilate
  7. to lead someone, to conduct someone, to take someone along
  8. to think, to believe, to hold the view, to be of the opinion
  9. to escape, to slip, to lose sight of, to forget
  10. to ignore, to skip, to omit
  11. to prepare to, to be about to
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Denominal verb from ذَهَب (ḏahab, gold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðah.ha.ba/

Verb

ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba) II, non-past يُذَهِّبُ‎ (yuḏahhibu)

  1. to gild
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *ðahab-. Cognate with Hebrew זָהָב (zaháv, gold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ða.hab/

Noun

ذَهَب (ḏahab) m

  1. (uncountable) gold
  2. (uncountable) gold coin
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ذهب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

ذَهَب

Etymology

From Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dahab/
    • IPA(key): /ðahab/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

ذَهَب (dahab) m pl

  1. gold
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