ارباب
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb).
Noun
editارباب • (erbab)
Adjective
editارباب • (erbab)
- competent, expert
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “erbab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ارباب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 65
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), originally the plural of رَبّ (rabb, “lord”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaɾ.ˈbɑːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæɹ.bɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäɾ.bɔ́b]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | arbāḇ |
Dari reading? | arbāb |
Iranian reading? | arbâb |
Tajik reading? | arbob |
Noun
editارباب • (arbâb) (plural اربابان (arbâbân))
- boss
- major landlord, owner of an estate, feudal lord
- (historical) lord, master
- ارباب حلقهها ― arbâb-e halqe-hâ ― The Lord of the Rings
- (collective, with ezâfe) the masters (of), those renowned (for), those possessing
- (BDSM) master
Usage notes
edit- The Arabic singular رب (rabb) is only used for God in modern Persian, and ارباب is considered singular.
Further reading
edit- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ارباب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ر ب ب
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- Ottoman Turkish noun forms
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish adjectives
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- Persian terms derived from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ر ب ب
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
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