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حسب

“حسب” is an Arabic word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to calculate, to compute
  2. to charge, to debit
  3. to credit
  4. to take (into account), to take (into consideration), to reckon with
  5. to attach (importance)
  6. to assume, to think, to suppose, to believe
  7. to regard, to consider, to deem
  8. to be highly regarded

noun

  1. reckoning, calculation, computing
  2. thinking, opinion, view
  3. sufficiency
  4. only
  5. measure, extent, degree, quantity, amount
  6. value
  7. high regard, esteem
  8. noble descent

preposition

  1. according to, per, by

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew חָשַׁב (khasháv), Classical Syriac ܚܫܒ, and Egyptian ḥsb.

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