# qab
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *kāp (“bowl, cup”); cognate with Karakhanid قابْ (qāp), Turkish kap, Turkmen gap (“box, bag”), Tatar кап (qap, “box, bag, case”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɑb], [ɡɑb̥]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

qab (definite accusative qabı, plural qablar)
* tableware
    Synonym: qab-qaşıq
* dish plate, bowl
    Synonym: kasa
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* container, case
    Synonym: qutu (“box”)
* bin

#### Derived terms

* qab-qaşıq (“tableware”)
* boşqab (“plate”)
* ayaqqabı (“footwear”)
* külqabı (“ashtray”)
* zibil qabı (“trash bin”)

#### Descendants

* → Talysh: ğab

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic قَاب (qāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaːp/

### Noun

qab m (plural qwieb)
* (obsolete) stomach

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kāp.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [χɑb], [χɑp]

### Noun

qab
* gunny sack

### References

* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “χab”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 129
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “xab”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 313
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “xap”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 120

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa˥/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *N-Kaŋ (“back (as opposed to the front)”).

#### Preposition

qab
* behind, of that which is behind
* under, underneath, at the base of, at the lower side of

#### Verb

qab
* to return, go back, go backward

##### Derived terms

* hauv qab (“under”)
* lawv qab (“to follow”)
* liab qab (“naked”)
* nco qab (“to remember”)
* qab khav (“a (raised) porch”)
* qab qwj (“a spiral, a snail-like design”)
* qab thoob (“half-moon”)
* qab tsag (“a (lower) porch”)
* rov qab (“to return”)
* rwg qab (“the little finger or toe”)
* taug qab (“to track, follow”)
* thaub qab (“to go backward”)
* tom qab (“after, behind”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kam (“sweet”), borrowed from Old Chinese 甘 (OC *kaːm, “sweet”).

#### Adjective

qab
* (of taste and feelings) sweet, pleasant
    Antonym: qaub (“sour”)

#### Noun

qab
* usefulness, worthiness
    Tsis pom qab mus. ― (I) don't know how to go.

##### Derived terms

* qab hau (“usefulness, worthwhileness”)
* qab siab (“happy, at ease”)
* qab zib (“sweet (as honey)”)

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 255-7.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 16; 281.