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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb).
Noun
ارباب • (erbab)
- plural of رب (rab, “lord; owner”)
Adjective
ارباب • (erbab)
- competent, expert
Descendants
References
- 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, Constantinople: Mihran, page 65
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), originally the plural of رَبّ (rabb, “lord”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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arbāḇ
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| Dari reading?
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arbāb
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| Iranian reading?
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arbâb
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| Tajik reading?
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arbob
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Noun
ارباب • (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
- Synonyms: صاحب (sâheb), اهل (ahl)
- (BDSM) master
Usage notes
- The Arabic singular رب (rabb) is only used for God in modern Persian, and ارباب is considered singular.
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ارباب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim