# آب
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːb

### Etymology 1

From Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒉈 (Abum). Cognate with Hebrew אָב (av, “Av, the fifth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

#### Proper noun

آب • (ʔāb) m
* (Mashreq, especially Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) August (eighth month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars)
    Synonyms: أَغُسْطُس (ʔaḡusṭus), (Morocco) غُشْت (ḡušt), (Algeria, Tunisia) أُوت (ʔūt)

##### Descendants

* → Persian: آب (âb, “August”)

#### See also

* (month): Previous: تَمُّوز (tammūz). Next: أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl)
* شَعْبَان (šaʕbān)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

آبَ • (ʔāba) I (non-past يَؤُوبُ (yaʔūbu), verbal noun أَوْب (ʔawb) or أَوْبَة (ʔawba) or إِيَاب (ʔiyāb) or مَآب (maʔāb))
* to return, to come back
    Synonyms: عَادَ (ʕāda), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa)
* to repent
    Synonym: تَابَ (tāba)
* to incur, catch, be left with [with بِ (bi)]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

آب (form I)
* آبَ (ʔāba) /ʔaː.ba/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَبَى (ʔabā)
* آبِ (ʔābi) /ʔaː.bi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَبَى (ʔabā)

## Gilaki
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian آب (āb).

### Noun

آب (âb)
* water

## Kashmiri
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːb/

### Noun

آب • (āb) m (Devanagari आब, Sharada 𑆄𑆧𑇀)
* (uncountable) water
    Synonyms: زَل (zal), پونؠ (pōn')
    آب چھُ تُرُن ― āb chu turun ― The water is cold

#### Usage notes

آب (āb) is not used for water that is meant to be drunk. For water purposed for drinking, ترٛیش (trēś) is used.

#### Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎ (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 138

## Kermanic
### Noun

آب (āb)
* (Gazi) water

### References

* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (âb).

### Noun

آب • (âb) (literary)
* water
    Synonym: صو

#### Descendants

* Turkish: ab, ap

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾp̄ (āb), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (ap-), from Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (compare Northern Kurdish av, aw, Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (compare Sanskrit अप् (ap)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”).

#### Alternative forms

* او (ow) (colloquial, various regions)

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔäw]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔäw]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔb]
* (Shiraz) IPA: [ʔow]
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːb

#### Noun

آب • (âb) (plural آب‌ها (âb-hâ))
* water
* liquid
* juice
    Synonym: آب میوه
    آب انار ― âb-e anâr ― pomegranate juice
* river
    Synonym: رود
* honour, reputation, standing

##### Derived terms

* آب بینی (âb-e bini)
* آب میوه (âb-e mive)
* آب و هوا (âb-o-havâ)
* آبرو (âberu)
* آبشار (âbšâr)
* آبلیمو (âblimu)
* آبکند (âbkand)
* آبی (âbi)
* آب‌انبار (âb-anbâr)
* تشناب (tašnâb)
* زیرآبی (zêr-e-âbi)
* ضدآب (zedd-e-âb)
* پنجاب (panjâb)

##### Descendants

* Dari: آب (āb), اَو (aw)
* Hazaragi: او (aw)
* Iranian Persian: آب (âb)
* Tajik: об (ob)
* → Äynu: ab
* → Bengali: আব (āb)
* → Gujarati: અબ (āb)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आब (āb)
    Urdu: آب (āb)
* → Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: آب (āb)
    Devanagari script: आब (āb)
    Sharada script: 𑆄𑆧𑇀 (āb)
* → Ottoman Turkish: آب (âb)
** Turkish: ab, ap
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਬ (āba)
    Shahmukhi script: آب (āb)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: آبُ (ābu)
    Devanagari script: आबु (ābu)
    Khudabadi script: 𑊱𑋔𑋣 (ābu)
* → Sylheti: ꠀꠛ (ab)

##### See also

* رود (rud)
* رودخانه (rudxâne)
* نهر (nahr)
* دریا (daryâ)

#### References

* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 312

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɑːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɑːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔɔːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔɒːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔɔb]

#### Noun

آب • (âb)
* (Syriac calendar) August

##### See also

* (month): Previous: تمّوز (tammuz). Next: ایلول (eylul)

##### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Sindhi
### Noun

آب • (ābu) m (Devanagari आबु)
* water
* juice

#### Related terms

* آبي (ābi)
* آب پاشِي (āb-e bini)
* آبشار (ābśāru)
* آب و هوا (ābu-o havā)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic آب (ʔāb), from Classical Syriac ܐܒ (ʾāḇ).

### Noun

آب • (ʔāb) m
* (formal) August
    Synonym: شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye)

### See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) :
| January | February | March | April |
| شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) | شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ) | شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār) | شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār) | شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān) | شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz) | شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb) |
| September | October | November | December |
| شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl) | شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) | شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) | شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal) |

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آب (āb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɑːb/

### Noun

آب • (āb) m (Hindi spelling आब)
* water
* liquid
* sparkle

#### Related terms

* آب و رنگ
* آب و نمک
* آب و ہوا (āb o hvā)
* آبشار (ābśār)
* آبی (ābī)