Meaning

2 senses
  1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.

  2. The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

    Nabla

    наблаnabla

Translations

5 languages
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Origin

From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew

From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.

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Forms

plural: nablas
Singularnabla
Pluralnablas

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
instrument:nebel

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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