عبب

See also: غبب, عنب, غنت, and عنت

Arabic

Etymology

Likely related to Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʾāḇā, “forest, thicket”), the root ع ب ب (ʕ b b) related to swellings and thickenings being the Aramaic reflex of the Arabic root ض ب ب (ḍ b b) related to sticking, density, tumorosity. Later duplicated to عُبْعُب (ʕubʕub).

Noun

عُبَب • (ʕubab) m

1. husk tomato (Physalis gen. sensu lato)

   Synonym: حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)

   1. winter cherry, bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

      Synonyms: كَاكَنْج (kākanj), عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

   2. winter cherry, poison gooseberry, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera, syn. Physalis somnifera)

      Synonyms: عُبَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕubab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

Noun

عُبُب • (ʕubub) pl

1. plural of عُبَاب (ʕubāb, “waves or billows of a torrent of water”)