Bibliotheca Polyglotta

1a arithmetic reckoning, calculus; b computation; 2 calculation, estimation, appraisal; 3a accounting, settlement; b consideration, considerateness; c caution; 4a (pl. ‑āt) bill, invoice; b statement of costs; 5 (bank) account; 6 (pl. ‑āt), bookkeeping – WehrCowan1976.

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▪ ḥisāb is one of the vn.s of ↗ḥasaba ʻto count, reckon, calculate; to charge, debit, credit (ʕalà s.th. to s.o., to s.o.’s account)’, the vb. that has best preserved the primary value of protSem *ḤŠB ‘to count, take into account’. ḥisāb has been a very common term since early times, where it, for instance, figures in the Qur’ānic yawm al-ḥisāb ʻDay of Judgment (lit., *reckoning)’, and until today, where it is used for ʻbill, invoice’, ʻ(bank) account’, or (in the pl.) ʻbookkeeping’.
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►ḥisāb al-ǧummal (al-ǧumal), n., use of the alphabetic letters according to their numerical value
►ʕilm al-ḥisāb, n., arithmetic
►ḥisāb al-tafāḍul, n., differential calculus
►ḥisāb al-takāmul, n., integral calculus
►kāna fī ḥisābih, expr., he reckoned with it, he expected it, he was prepared for it
►ʕamala ḥisāban lahū, expr., 1a to take s.o. or s.th. into consideration; b to reckon with s.o. or s.th.
►al-ḥisāb al-ḫitāmī and ḥisāb nihāʔī, n., final statement of account, final accounting
►daʕā-hu ʔilà ’l-ḥisāb, expr., he called him to account
►yawm al-ḥisāb, n., the Day of Reckoning
►ʔaqāma ḥisāban li‑, to render account to s.o.
►bi-lā ḥisāb, adv., without limit or bounds, to excess, to an unlimited extent
►min ġayr ḥisāb, adv., blindly, without forethought, at random
►li-ḥisāb fulān, expr., to s.o.’s credit, to s.o.’s advantage
►ʕalà ḥisāb fulān, expr., to s.o.’s debit, at s.o.’s expense, to s.o.’s disadvantage
►laqiya sūʔ al-ḥisāb, expr., he got a raw deal, he was in for it
►ḥisāb ǧārⁱⁿ, n., current account
►ḥisābāt ṣundūq al-tawfīr, nonhum.pl., savings-bank accounts
►ḥisāb mawqūf, n., blocked account
►ḥisābāt dobya, nonhum.pl., double-entry bookkeeping
►al-ḥisāb al-šarqī, n., the Julian calendar
►al-ḥisāb al-ġarbī, n., the Gregorian calendar

►ḥasaba, u (ḥasb, ḥisāb, ḥisbāb, ḥusbān), vb. I, 1 to compute, reckon, calculate; 2 to count; 3 to charge, debit (ʕalà s.th. to s.o., to s.o.’s account); 4 to credit (ʕalà s.th. to s.o., to s.o.’s account) | ~ ḥisāba-hū, vb., to take s.th. or s.o. into account or into consideration, reckon with s.th. or s.o., count on s.th. or s.o.; ~ ḥisāban li‑, vb., 1 do.; 2 to attach importance to s.o. or s.th.; ~ ʔalfa ḥisābin li‑, expr., to have a thousand apprehensions about…
►ḥāsaba, vb. III, 1 to settle an account, get even (with s.o.); 2 to call (s.o.) to account, ask (s.o.) for an accounting; 3 to hold (s. o.) responsible, make (s.o.) answerable: L-stem, assoc. | ~ ʕalà nafsi-hī, vb., to be careful, be on one’s guard
►taḥāsaba, vb. VI, to settle a mutual account: Lt-stem, recipr.

► ^BP#4179ḥāsūb, n., computer: neologism, prob. calque based on Engl computer.
► ḥisābī, adj., arithmetical, mathematical, computational: nisba formation from ḥisāb.
► ^BP#2691muḥāsabaẗ, pl. ‑āt, n.f., 1 accounting; 2 clearing (cɔŋ.); 3 bookkeeping; 4 request for accounting; 5 examination of conscience (theol.): vn. III. | qism al‑~, n., 1 accounting department, comptroller’s office; 2 clearing house
►muḥāsib, var. muḥāsibǧī (Eg.), n., 1 accountant, bookkeeper; 2 comptroller, auditor: vn. III.

For other values of the root, cf. ↗ḥasaba, ↗ḥasiba, ↗ḥasuba, ↗ḥasb, ↗ḥasab, ↗ḥāsūb, ↗muḥāsabaẗ, ↗maḥsūb, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗ḤSB.

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