հաբ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian հապ (hap), from Arabic حَبّ‎ (ḥabb). In some dialects mediated by Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

Noun

հաբ • (hab)

  1. pill

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian табле́тка (tablétka) is often used instead.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • դեղահաբ (dełahab)

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “հաբ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 7b
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “հապ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 409a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), “հապ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 208
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