طوبی

See also: طوبى and طوبي

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طوبا (tuba)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوبَى (ṭūbā).

Noun

طوبی • (tuba)

1. good; a good condition, weal
2. blessedness in the life to come; God's favor: or, paradise and its joys

Adjective

طوبی • (tuba)

1. better; best; more or most agreeable, delightful, sweet

Proper noun

طوبی • (tuba)

1. (Islam) name of a tree in paradise, a branch of which will enter the mansion of each inhabitant, with flowers and ripe fruit of every imaginable kind

Descendants

• Turkish: Tuba

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوبی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1248

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوبَى (ṭūbā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tuː.ˈβɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.bɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.bɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	tūḇā
Dari reading?	tūbā
Iranian reading?	tubâ
Tajik reading?	tubo

Proper noun

Dari	طوبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Тубо

طوبی • (tubâ)

1. (Islam) Ṭūbā (tree in al-Janna)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوبَى (ṭūbā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪uː.bɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

طُوبیٰ • (tūbā) (Hindi spelling तूबा)

1. excellent, sweet, delicious and the like

Proper noun

طُوبیٰ • (tūbā) m (Hindi spelling तूबा)

1. (Islam) name of a tree in Paradise, the fruit of which is said to be most delicious

Proper noun

طُوبیٰ • (tūbā) f (Hindi spelling तूबा)

1. a female given name, Tooba, from Arabic

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “طوبی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.