محب

See also: محت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ب ب (ḥ-b-b).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /mu.ħibb/

Noun

مُحِبّ (muḥibb) m (plural مُحِبُّون (muḥibbūn), feminine مُحِبَّة (muḥibba))

  1. active participle of أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba): lover
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: محب (muhib)
    • Turkish: muhip

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /mu.ħabb/

Adjective

مُحَبّ (muḥabb) (obsolete and rare)

  1. passive participle of أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba)
  2. loved one
    c. 6th century CE, ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī, from Mu'allaqat:
    وَلَقَدْ نَزَلْتِ فَلَا تَظُنِّي غَيْرَهُ // مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ المُحَبِّ المُكْرَمِ
    walaqad nazalti falā taẓunnī ḡayrahu // minnī bimanzilati al-muḥabbi al-mukrami
    And you have occupied, have no doubt in it, // in my heart the place of loved and honored ones.
Declension
Synonyms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحِبّ (muḥibb).

Noun

محب (muhib)

  1. friend
  2. lover

Descendants

  • Turkish: muhip

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), muhip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), محب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1757
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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