قيقب

Meaning

(collective) maple (Acer spp.)
(al-Andalus, collective) nettle tree, hackberry (Celtis australis)
(collective) strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
(collective) saddle-wood, wood used for making saddles or frames
(collective) saddle

maple

Acer

maple tree

isotope analysis

isotope dilution method

isotope labelling

tracer techniques

طريقة الإقتفاء

Acer

Acer

Acer

Acer

méthode de dilution isotopique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/qaj.qab/

Uncertain, from the root ق ب ب (q b b), meaning “the side of an animal”, “the belly or abdomen”, where the saddle rests; the root suggested by Lane to ultimately be onomatopoeic in origin from the sound of a rumbling stomach. Related to ق و ب (q w b), meaning “to carve, peel, or hollow out wood”, see قَبْقَاب (qabqāb). Also relation to Classical Syriac ܩܘܒܬܐ originally meaning a vaulted structure, the sense of seat being post-Arabic influence, however suggests a connection perhaps with the vaulted dome or tent like howdah design, a woman's enclosed saddle.