# حساب
## Arabic

* Root
* ح س ب (ḥ s b)
* 17 terms

### Etymology 1

Verbal noun of حَسَبَ (ḥasaba) and حَاسَبَ (ḥāsaba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħi.saːb/
* Rhymes: -aːb
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

حِسَاب • (ḥisāb) m (plural حِسَابَات (ḥisābāt) or أَحْسِبَة (ʔaḥsiba))
* verbal noun of حَسَبَ (ḥasaba) (form I)
* verbal noun of حَاسَبَ (ḥāsaba) (form III)
* account
* calculation
* arithmetic
* bill (invoice in a restaurant, etc.)

##### Derived terms

* يَوْمُ ٱلْحِسَابِ (yawmu l-ḥisābi)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: ħsieb
* → Azerbaijani: hesab
* → Bashkir: иҫәп (iśəp), хисап (xisap)
* → Kazakh: есеп (esep)
* → Kyrgyz: эсеп (esep)
* → Persian: حساب
* → Ottoman Turkish: حساب
** → Turkish: hesap
* → Tatar: исәп (isäp)
* → Swahili: hesabu
* → Turkmen: hasap
* → Uzbek: hisob

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حساب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2

Occupational noun from حَسَبَ (ḥasaba, “to calculate”).

#### Noun

حَسَّاب • (ḥassāb) m (plural حَسَّابُونَ (ḥassābūna), feminine حَسَّابَة (ḥassāba))
* accountant
* calculator (person who calculates)
* arithmetician

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حساب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

حُسَّاب • (ḥussāb) m pl
* plural of حَاسِب (ḥāsib)

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

حُسَّاب • (ḥussāb) m pl
* masculine plural of حَاسِب (ḥāsib)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb, “account, calculation”).

### Noun

حساب • (hisab)
* estimation, counting, calculation, reckoning, as to number or quantity
    Synonym: صان (san)
* account, bill, a written or printed registry of pecuniary transactions
* arithmetic, the mathematics of numbers under the four operations

#### Derived terms

* حسابجه (hisabca, “according to calculation”)
* حسابجی (hisabcı, “accountant”)
* حسابدان (hisabdan, “one who knows how to calculate”)
* حسابسز (hisabsız, “innumerable, incalculable”)
* حسابكار (hisabkar, “accountant”)
* حسابلاشمق (hisablaşmak, “to settle accounts together”)
* حسابلی (hisablı, “counted, calculated”)
* حسابی (hisabı, “pertaining to calculation”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: hesap
* → Armenian: հիսապ (hisap), հեսաբ (hesab), հիսաբ (hisab), հեսապ (hesap), խեսաբ (xesab), խեսապ (xesap), խիսաբ (xisab)

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hesap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1936
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hisâb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 444
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حساب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 505
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Computum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 225
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حساب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1756
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hesap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حساب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 783

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* حسیب (hesêb) (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [hi.ˈsɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hɪ.sɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hɪ.sɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɪ.sɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔi.sɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [he.sɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [hi.sɔ́b]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | حساب |
| Iranian Persian | حساب |
| Tajik | ҳисоб |
حساب • (hesâb)
* account
* arithmetic
    Synonym: شمار (šomâr)
* score

#### Related terms

* حسابدار (hesâbdâr)
* صورتحساب (surathesâb)

#### Descendants

* → Urdu: حِساب (hisāb)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb). Compare Bengali হিসাব (hiśab), Assamese হিচাপ (hisap).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦɪ.sɑːb/
* Rhymes: -ɑːb

### Noun

حِساب • (hisāb) m (Hindi spelling हिसाब)
* account
* calculation; arithmetic
* bill (a list of items needed to paid for)
* viewpoint, perspective

#### Declension

Declension of حساب :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | حِساب (hisāb) | حِساب (hisāb) |
| oblique | حِساب (hisāb) | حِسابوں (hisābõ) |
| vocative | حِساب (hisāb) | حِسابو (hisābo) |

#### Derived terms

* حساب کتاب (hisāb kitāb, “account; accountability”)

### References

* “حساب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “حساب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu حساب (hisāb), from Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb).

### Noun

حساب (hisāb)
* calculation, about
* account
* viewpoint, perspective

### Verb

حساب (hisāb)
* to count, counting