مربع

Derived from the passive participle of رَبَّعَ (rabbaʕa, “to quadruple”); compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Cognate with Aramaic מְרַבַע/ܡܪܒܥ (mrabbaˁ, mrubbaˁ, “square”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.rab.baʕ/

مُرَبَّع • (murabbaʕ) m (plural مُرَبَّعَات (murabbaʕāt))

1. square, quadrangular piece
2. (music) quartet

• → Swahili: mraba

مُرَبَّع • (murabbaʕ) (feminine مُرَبَّعَة (murabbaʕa), masculine plural مُرَبَّعُونَ (murabbaʕūna), feminine plural مُرَبَّعَات (murabbaʕāt))

1. (mathematics) square, quadratic
2. fourfold, quadruple
3. tetragonal, quadrangular

Noun of place from the verb رَبَعَ (rabaʕa, “to feed oneself in the pasture”), from a ر ب ع (r-b-ʕ) derived from رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring (season)”).

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مَرْبَع • (marbaʕ) m (plural مَرَابِع (marābiʕ))

1. meadow
2. pasture

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ).

مربع • (morabba')

1. square, quadrilateral

مربع • (morabba')

1. square, quadratic

   کیلومتر مربع ― kilometr-e morabba' ― square kilometer

2. tetragonal, quadrangular

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ).

• IPA^(key): /mu.rab.baʕ/,

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مربّع • (murabbaʕ, mrabbaʕ) m (plural مربّعات (mrabbaʕāt))

1. square

• مستطيل (mustaṭīl, “rectangle”)

مربّع • (murabbaʕ, mrabbaʕ) (feminine مربّعة (mrabbaʕa))

1. quadratic

• متر مربّع (mitr mrabbaʕ, “square metre”)

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɾəb.bɑː(ʔ)/

مُرَبَّع • (murabba') m (Hindi spelling मुरब्बा)

1. square