ذبح

From the root ذ ب ح‎ (ḏ-b-ḥ). Compare Hebrew זבח‎ (“to slaughter”) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎈 (dbḥ).

ذَبَحَ • (ḏabaḥa) I, non-past يَذْبَحُ‎‎ (yaḏbaḥu)

1. to kill by slitting the throat
2. to slaughter, to butcher

   Synonyms: جَزَرَ‎ (jazara), نَحَرَ‎ (naḥara)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:67:

     ‏إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً‎

     ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan taḏbaḥū baqaratan

     Allah commands you to slaughter a cow

3. to massacre
4. to murder, to slay
5. to sacrifice, to offer up, to immolate

• Maltese: debaħ

ذَبَّحَ • (ḏabbaḥa) II, non-past يُذَبِّحُ‎‎ (yuḏabbiḥu)

1. to kill, to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre, to murder
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:49:

     ‏وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ‎

     waʔiḏ najjaynākum mmin ʔāli firʕawna yasūmūnakum sūʔa l-ʕaḏābi yuḏabbiḥūna ʔabnāʔakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʔakum wafī ḏālikum balāʔun mmin rrabbikum ʕaẓīmun

     (Remember) how We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and keeping your women. That was a severe test from your Lord.

ذَبْح • (ḏabḥ) m

1. verbal noun of ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (form I)
2. slaughter, slaughtering

ذِبْح • (ḏibḥ) m

1. sacrificial victim, blood sacrifice

From Arabic ذَبْح‎ (ḏabḥ). Formally perhaps influenced by the related ذِبْح‎ (ḏibḥ), though alteration of short vowels in Arabic loanwords is a common phenomenon.

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ðibh/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /zɪbh/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /zebh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /zibh/

ذبح • (zebh)

1. slaughter, slaughtering

   Synonym: (more general) کشتن‎ (koštan)

• ذبح کردن‎ (zebh kardan)
• ذبح شدن‎ (zebh šodan)

• ذبیح‎ (zabih)