Where does “تالاب” come from?
تالاب (Persian) comes from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.
تالاب (Persian): pond; lagoon
Definitions
- pond; lagoon
Ancestry of “تالاب”, step by step
تالاب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian آب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 2 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 4 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 5 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 6 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 7 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |
via Sanskrit तलक
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तलक | a pot of clay; a small cart with burning coals; a... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | तल | surface, level, floor; the part underneath, lower... |
| 3 | Old Irish | talam | earth, land; land, country; earth |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | talamū | earth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥-mon- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tel- | flat; board, plank; to be still; to build |