ابابیل abābīl A s. m. A swallow.

احباب aḥbāb A s. plur. (of حبیب) Friends, lovers, beloved.

ارباب arbāb A s. plur. (of رب rabb) Lords, pos- sessors, masters. ارباب جاه arbāb-i-jāh, Pos- sessed of dignity. ارباب سخن arbāb-i-suḵẖan, Eloquent persons; poets. ارباب نشاط arbāb-i-nishāt̤, Dancers and musicians.

اسباب asbāb A s. m. (plur. of سبب) 1. Causes, motives, means. 2. Goods and chattels, effects, furniture, tools, apparatus, stores, baggage, ma- terials, necessaries. اسباب جنگي asbāb-i-jangī, Warlike provisions or necessaries, ammunition.

استحباب istiḥbāb A (inf. x. of حبّ Heb. He loved) s. m. 1. Contracting friendship. 2. An action the performance of which is merito- rious and the omission not criminal; work of supererogation.

باب bāb A s. m. 1. A door, gate. 2. A chap- ter, section or division of a book. 3. Subject, head, affair, business, point, matter, reason, manner, mode, species, sort.

بابا bābā T s. m. Father, dad; sire! sir! child! باباجان bābā jān, Dear child!

بابت bābat A s. f. Account, head, article, item; business, affair, matter; on account (of).

بابر bābar H s. m. A kind of sweetmeat.

بابل bābul A (Heb. ) n. prop. Babel or Babylon.

بابني bābnī H s. f. A snakeʼs hole. See بانبهني.

بابو bābū H s. m. 1. A child. 2. A prince. 3. Master (a title given by Hindūs, equivalent to Mr. or squire).

بابونه bābūna P s. m. 1. Camomile. 2. Wild- ivy. (Richards).

حباب ḥubāb A (or ḥabāb), s. m. A bubble. حباب اٿهنا ḥubāb uṭhnā, To bubble.

حبابي ḥubāb-ī A. adj. Of the bubble, covered with bubbles, bubble-like: s. (in compos.) Bubbling.