English
mahbub
Mahbub comes from Arabic مَحْبُوب ‘gold coin’, and goes back to حَبَّ ‘to love’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَبَّḥabba‘to love’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَحْبُوبmaḥbūb‘gold coin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1783mahbub
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَبَّḥabba‘to love’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَحْبُوبmaḥbūb‘gold coin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1783mahbub
Earliest quotation: 1783, Sauveur Lusignan: “His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub…”
Every English word from Arabic حَبَّ
Today it means
noun A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَبَّ / mahbub