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Ab.

Av.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ɑb/US
  1. Av.

    Judaism
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew אָב (āv).

name/æb/US
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.

Where this word comes from

Short form of Abner.

noun/æb/US
  1. In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.

    dated
  2. An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).

    dated
Where this word comes from

From the nineteenth-century Lepsius transcription, ȧb, of Egyptian jb (“heart, mind, intention”), ib:Z1.

noun
  1. Abbreviation of Abbot.

    abbreviation · alt-of · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation.

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