كوب

Etymology

From Aramaic כובא‎ (k؜ūbā) / ܟܘܒܐ‎ (k؜ūbā), from Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), from Ancient Greek κοῦπα (koûpa), from Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːb/

Noun

كُوب • (kūb) m (plural أَكْوَاب‎ (ʾakwāb))

1. glass, cup
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:

     ‏يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ‎

     yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʾakwābin waʾabārīqa wakaʾsin mmin mmaʿīnin

     There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 252

Etymology

From Arabic كُوب‎ (kūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːb/, /ˈkuːb/

Noun

كوب • (kōb or kūb) m

(plural أَكْواب‎ ‎(ʾakwāb))

1. cup
2. mug

See also

• كَاسة‎ (kāsa, “cup, glass”) (drinking vessel)