English
abwab
Abwab comes from Arabic أَبْوَاب ‘doors, sources of revenue’, from بَاب ‘door’, and ultimately from Akkadian bābum ‘gate’.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEbābumtransliteratedcuneiform bābum, a transliteration‘gate’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEבָּבָאbāḇā‘gate’
- Arabicc. 500–presentبَابbāb‘door’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentأَبْوَابʔabwāb‘doors, sources of revenue’plural of بَاب
- Persianc. 900–presentابوابabvâb
- Hindic. 1500–presentअबवाबabvāb
- Englishtodayabwab
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEbābumtransliteratedcuneiform bābum, a transliteration‘gate’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEבָּבָאbāḇā‘gate’
- Arabicc. 500–presentبَابbāb‘door’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentأَبْوَابʔabwāb‘doors, sources of revenue’plural of بَاب
- Persianc. 900–presentابوابabvâb
- Hindic. 1500–presentअबवाबabvāb
- Englishtodayabwab
Every English word from Akkadian bābum
Today it means
noun A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akkadian bābum / abwab