راهب

Arabic

Etymology

Perhaps derived from the active participle of رَهِبَ (rahiba, “to dread”), from the root ر ه ب (r-h-b), with the intermediate meanings "dreader", "God-fearer", "God-worshiper", "venerator"; compare رَهَب (rahab, “veneration, respect”) and رَهْبَة (rahba, “terror; dread; awe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raː.hib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

رَاهِب • (rāhib) m (plural رُهْبَان (ruhbān), feminine رَاهِبَة (rāhiba))

1. (Christianity) monk
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82:

     ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

     ḏālika biʔanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʔannahum lā yastakbirūna

     For there are among them priests and monks and they are not haughty.

Declension

Descendants

• Maltese: raheb
• → Malay: rahib
  • Indonesian: rahib
• → Persian: راهب (râheb)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਹਬ (rāhab)

    Shahmukhi script: راهب (rāhab)

  • → Urdu: راہب (rāhib)
• → Ottoman Turkish: راهب (rahib)
  • Turkish: rahip

Malay

Noun

راهب (plural راهب-راهب or راهب۲, informal 1st possessive راهبکو, 2nd possessive راهبمو, 3rd possessive راهبڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of rahib

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاهِب (rāhib, “monk”).

Noun

راهب • (rahib) (plural رهبان (ruhban))

1. (Christianity) monk, a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service

   Synonyms: ابیل (ebil), كشیش (keşiş)

Derived terms

• راهبلك (rahiblik, “monkhood”)

Descendants

• Turkish: rahip

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rahip”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3932
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “râhib”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1047
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “راهب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 614
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Monachus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1073
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “راهب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2267
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راهب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 960

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاهِب (rāhib).

Pronunciation

Noun

راهب • (râheb)

1. monk

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਹਬ (rāhab)

  Shahmukhi script: راهب (rāhab)

• → Urdu: راہب (rāhib)