كوب

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic כובא‎ (kūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ‎ (kūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːb/

Noun

كُوب • (kūb) m (plural أَكْوَاب‎ (ʔakwāb))

  1. glass, cup
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      ‏يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ‎
      yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: كوب‎ (kūb, kōb)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 252

Hijazi Arabic

كوب

Etymology

From Arabic كُوب‎ (kūb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːb/, /ˈkuːb/

Noun

كوب or كوب • (kōb or kūb) m (plural أَكْواب‎ (ʾakwāb))

  1. cup
  2. mug

See also

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