مؤدب

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Arabic

Root
ء د ب (ʔ-d-b)

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab) (feminine مُؤَدَّبَة (muʔaddaba), masculine plural مُؤَدَّبُونَ (muʔaddabūna), feminine plural مُؤَدَّبَات (muʔaddabāt))

  1. well-bred, well-mannered, civil, urbane
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: müəddəb
  • Persian: مؤدب
  • Ottoman Turkish: مؤدب (müeddeb)

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation

Noun

مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib) (feminine مُؤَدِّبَة (muʔaddiba), masculine plural مُؤَدِّبُونَ (muʔaddibūna), feminine plural مُؤَدِّبَات (muʔaddibāt))

  1. educator
  2. teacher in a Koranic school
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “مؤدب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 9-10

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏaḇ
Dari reading? mo'addab
Iranian reading? mo'addab
Tajik reading? müʾaddab

Adjective

Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддаб

مؤدب (mo'addab)

  1. polite
  2. courteous
  3. civil
  4. learned
  5. chastised

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏiḇ
Dari reading? mo'addib
Iranian reading? mo'addeb
Tajik reading? müʾaddib

Noun

Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддиб

مؤدب (mo'addeb)

  1. instructor
  2. teacher
  3. chastiser