אבוב

Aramaic

Noun

אַבּוּב, אַבּוּבָא • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube

References
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew
Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)

Etymology

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”). [1]

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/
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Noun

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. (modern, אַבּוּב only) Oboe.
  2. reed, flute
  3. pipe, tube

Derived terms

References
  1. Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
  • “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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