رب

See also: رپ, زب, and رث

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rab.ba/

Verb

رَبَّ (rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

  1. to be master, to be lord
  2. to have possession, to gather, to control
  3. to have authority over, to govern
  4. to impact, to comprise, to contain
  5. to collect, to congregate
  6. to grow, to increase, to become greater
Conjugation

Verb

رَبَّ (rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

  1. to bring up, to raise (a child)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rabb/

Noun

رَبّ (rabb) m (plural أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb) or رُبُوب (rubūb), feminine رَبَّة (rabba))

  1. verbal noun of رَبَّ (rabba) (form I)
  2. master, lord, king, sovereign, potentate
    Coordinate terms: عَبْد (ʕabd), خَادِم (ḵādim)
    رَبُّ الدَّارrabbu d-dārmaster of the house
    رَبُّ الْعَائِلَةrabbu l-ʕāʔilapaterfamilias
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:41:
      يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ أَمَّا أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِي رَبَّهُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِ
      yā ṣāḥibayi s-sijni ʔammā ʔaḥadukumā fayasqī rabbahu ḵamran waʔammā l-ʔāḵaru fayuṣlabu fataʔkulu ṭ-ṭayru min rraʔsihi
      “O my fellow inmates! One of you will serve his master wine; while the other will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Thus the matter you are inquiring about is settled.”
  3. Lord, an epithet of God
    اَللهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينallāhu rabbu l-ʕālamīnGod Lord of the Worlds
    الرَّبّar-rabbthe LORD
  4. god, deity
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:39:
      يَاصَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ اللہُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
      [Joseph said:] "O my two companions of the prison! Are many different deities better than God the One [Who is the Source of all things], the Overpowering?"
  5. leader, chief, head
    رَبُّ بَحْرِيّrabbu baḥriyyseaman (naval rank)
  6. owner, proprietor
  7. (with a following genitive) one possessed of, one endowed with
  8. (with a following genitive) having to do with
Declension
Descendants
  • Afar: Rábbi
  • Azerbaijani: rəbb, Rəbb
  • Bashkir: раббы (rabbı)
  • Bengali: রব (rbo)
  • Ottoman Turkish: رب (rabb)
  • (via plural) Ottoman Turkish: ارباب

Etymology 3

From the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rubb/

Noun

رُبّ (rubb) m (plural رِبَاب (ribāb) or رُبُوب (rubūb))

  1. thickened fruit juice, thickened juice
  2. mash, pulp
Declension
Derived terms
  • Middle Armenian: ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup)
  • Persian: رب (rob)
  • Spanish: arrope
See also
  • مُرَبَّب (murabbab, jam, marmalade)

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rub.ba/

Adjective

رُبَّ (rubba)

  1. (with a following indefinite genitive) many
    رُبَّ رَجُلٍ (rubba rajulin, many a man)
    رُبَّ مَرَّةٍ (rubba marratin, many a time)
Declension

Indeclinable, followed by the indefinite genitive singular.

Adverb

رُبَّ (rubba)

  1. likely, perhaps, mayhap, potentially

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rab.bi/

Verb

رَبِّ (rabbi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رَبَّى (rabbā)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ɾabː/

    Noun

    Dari رب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik рабб (rabb)

    رب (rabb)

    1. master, lord

    Proper noun

    Dari رب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Рабб (Rabb)

    رب (rabb)

    1. Lord
    2. God

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic رُبّ (rubb).

    Noun

    رب (robb)

    1. tomato sauce

    Punjabi

    Etymology

    From Persian رب (rabb), from Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /rəbːᵊ/

    Noun

    رَبّ (rabb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬ)

    1. God
      Synonyms: واہِگُرُو (vāhigurū), اللہ (allāh)

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

    Noun

    رب (rab) m (Hindi spelling रब)

    1. God
    2. Lord

    Synonyms

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