مربى

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of رَبَّى (rabbā, “to bring up, to educate, to cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rab.baː/

Noun

مُرَبَّى • (murabbā) m (dual مُرَبَّيَانِ (murabbayāni), plural مُرَبَّيَات (murabbayāt))

1. jam, preserved fruit
2. (in the plural) preserves

Declension

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: մուրապայ (murapay), մուրապպայ (murappay), մարապ (marap)
  • Armenian: մուրաբա (muraba)
• → Avar: мурапа (murapa)
• → Azerbaijani: mürəbbə
• → English: murabba
• → Georgian: მურაბა (muraba)
• → Kumyk: мураба (muraba)
• → Persian: مربا (morabbâ)
  • Tajik: мураббо (murabbo)
  • → Hindustani: murabbā

    Hindi: मुरब्बा

    Urdu: مربا

  • → Ottoman Turkish: مربا (mürebbâ)
  • → Uyghur: مۇراببا (murabba)
  • → Uzbek: murabbo
• → Ottoman Turkish: مربی (mürebbâ)
  • Turkish: murabba

Adjective

مُرَبًّى • (murabban) (feminine مُرَبَّاة (murabbāh), masculine plural مُرَبَّوْن (murabbawn), feminine plural مُرَبَّيَات (murabbayāt))

1. raised, brought up
2. educated
3. well-bred

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ربو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُرَبَّى (murabbā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rab.ba/,

Noun

مربى • (murabba) f (construct state مربى (murabbat) or مربة (murabbat), dual مربتين (murabbatēn), plural مُرَبَّات (murabbāt))

1. jam

Usage notes

Even though the noun ends in an ى instead of the usual ة, it still follows the feminine noun rule of ة endings in construct state and dual number; مُرَبَّتين (murabbatēn) instead of مُرَبَّيَانِ (murabbayāni).