ذؤابة

العربية

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ذؤابة

/ðu.ʔaː.ba/

Where it comes from

Unknown. Probably a distorted word, potential relations being ذَنَب (ḏanab) or Yemeni Arabic زَبَان (zabān, “fundament; loins”) and the words mentioned there, and possibly just from a figurative use of ذَابَ (ḏāba, “to melt, to flow away”) hamzated in a fashion as سُؤْدُد (suʔdud) and ظِئْر (ẓiʔr), note ذُوبَان (ḏūbān) and ذِيبَان (ḏībān, “hair on the neck of a camel, horse, etc.”).

noun ذُؤَابَة · ḏuʔāba · ذُؤَابَات · ذَوَائِب · الذُّؤَابَة

lock, tress, wisp, curl (of hair) فَأَمَرَ بِفَرَسَيْنِ جَمُوحَيْنِ وَشُدَّتْ ذَوَائِبُهَا فِي ذَنَبَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ ٱسْتُحْضِرَا فَقَطَعَهَا
coma of a comet
lappet, pendent fabric of a headdress وَجَدْتُهُ صَبَاحَ ٱلْعِيدِ جَالِسًا عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ مُعْتَمَّا بِعِمَامَةٍ هِنْدِيَّةٍ وَافِرَةٍ، طَوِيلَةِ ٱلذُّؤَابَةِ، بَاهِرَةِ ٱلْأَلْوَانِ، وَبِيَدِهِ سِفْرٌ إِنْكْلِيزِيٌّ فِي ٱلْفُطْرِيَّاتِ كَانَ يُتَرْجِمُهُ إِلَى ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْهِنْدِسْتَانِيَّةِ.
figuratively top tier, high point

In English

lock length of hair
lappet small decorative fold or flap
cirrus thin tendril-like appendage

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"ذؤابة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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ذؤابة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9

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"ذؤابة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ذؤابة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%A4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}