پيپ

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms
  • ⁧بيب⁩ (bēb /⁠bēb, pēp⁠/)

Etymology

From Persian ⁧پیپ⁩ (pip),[1] from French pipe. Doublet of ⁧پايپ⁩ (“fluid transportation pipe”).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait, Qatari Gulf Arabic) IPA(key): /peːp/
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /beːb/

Noun

⁧پيپ⁩ • (pēp) m (dual ⁧پيپين⁩ (pēpēn), plural ⁧پيپات⁩ (pēpāt))

  1. a smoking pipe
  • ⁧مدواخ⁩ (midwāḵ, “traditional Emirati smoking pipe”)

References
  1. Bukshaisha, 1985. An Experimental Phonetic Study of Some Aspects of Qatari Arabic. p. 12
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