ربع

From the root ر ب ع‎ (r-b-ʕ); compare أَرْبَعَة‎ (ʔarbaʕa, “four”).

رُبُع or رُبْع • (rubuʕ or rubʕ) m (plural أَرْبَاع‎ (ʔarbāʕ))

1. one fourth, one quarter
2. quarter (area or region)

• اَلرُّبْع اَلْخَالِي‎ (ar-rubʕ al-ḵālī)

• Gulf Arabic: ربع‎ (rubiʕ)
• Moroccan Arabic: ربع‎ (rubʕ, rubuʕ)
• → Catalan: arrova
• → Middle Armenian: ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup)
  • Armenian: ռուբ (ṙub)
• → Italian: rubbio
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: arrova, arroba
  • Galician: arroba
  • Portuguese: arroba
• → Old Spanish: arroua
  • Spanish: arroba
    • → English: arroba
    • → French: arobase
• → Persian: ربع‎ (rob')
  • → Azerbaijani: rüb
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ربع‎ (rub)
• → Swahili: robo

• نِصْف‎ (niṣf, “a half”), ثُلْث‎ (ṯulṯ, “a third”), خُمْس‎ (ḵums, “a fifth”), سُدْس‎ (suds, “a sixth”), سُبْع‎ (subʕ, “a seventh”), ثُمْن‎ (ṯumn, “an eighth”), تُسْع‎ (tusʕ, “a ninth”), عُشْر‎ (ʕušr, “a tenth”)

• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (quarter): IPA^(key): /rʊbɪʕ/
• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (friends): IPA^(key): /rəbɪʕ/

From Arabic رُبُع‎ (rubuʕ).

رُبِع • (rubiʿ) m (dual رُبْعين‎ (rubʿēn), plural اَرْباع‎ (arbāʿ))

1. quarter, one fourth
2. (Kuwait) a quarter Kuwaiti Dinar, equivalent to 250 Fils

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

رَبِع • (rabiʿ) m (plural only)

1. (plural only) friends

   Synonyms: (singular) رفيج‎ (rfīj), (singular) صاحب‎ (ṣāḥib)

From Arabic رُبْع‎ (rubʕ).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾubʔ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɾʊbʔ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɾobʔ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɾubʔ/

ربع • (rob')

1. quarter, one-fourth

   ‏ربع ساعت‎ ― rob' sâ'at ― quarter-hour

   ‏دو و ربع‎ ― do o rob' ― two and a quarter; quarter past two

   Synonym: چهارم‎ (čahârom)

• → Azerbaijani: rüb
• → Ottoman Turkish: ربع‎ (rub)

• نیم‎ (nim, “half”)
• نصف‎ (nesf, “half”)
• ثلث‎ (sols, “third”)

From Arabic رُبُع‎ (rubuʕ).

• IPA^(key): /rubʕ/, [ˈrʊ.b(ʊ)ʕ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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ربع • (rubʕ) m (plural رباع‎ (rbāʕ))

1. quarter