noun · masculine
bahobāb
bahobāb m (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈba.(ɦ)ɔ.baːb]Ecclesiastical[ˈbaː.o.bab]
Meaning
- Late Latinindeclinablebaobab
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bahobāb | bahobāb |
| genitive | bahobāb | bahobāb |
| dative | bahobāb | bahobāb |
| accusative | bahobāb | bahobāb |
| ablative | bahobāb | bahobāb |
| vocative | bahobāb | bahobāb |
Origins
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).
Descendants
- Englishbaobab
- Englishboabab
- Frenchbaobab
- Italianbaobabfrom French baobab
- Arabicبَاوْبَاب
- Japaneseバオバブfrom English baobab
- Korean바오바브from English baobab
- Mauritian Creolebaobabfrom French baobab
- Vietnamesebao bápfrom French baobab
- Greekμπάομπαμπ
In English words that came into English from bahobāb
- baobabbahobāb