Arabic

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خابيَتان

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic חָבִיתָא / ܚܳܒ݂ܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ (ḥāḇīṯā, jug, amphora) as are also Hebrew חָבִית (ḥāḇī́ṯ), Ge'ez ኅበይ, ሕበይ (ḫəbäy, ḥəbäy), ultimately from Akkadian 𒂁𒉺𒅁𒌉 (ḫābû, ḫāpû, jug, amphora) of obscure origin.

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Noun

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خَابِيَة (ḵābiyaf (plural خَوَابٍ (ḵawābin))

  1. jug, amphora, cask, barrel
  2. (computing, rare) cache

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References

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  • ḥbyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 602
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 168
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خابية”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 454
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 257
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 53
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خابية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 693
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خابية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 317