تراب

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See also: برات and تراث

Arabic

Root
ت ر ب (t r b)
6 terms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

تُرَاب • (turāb) m (plural أَتْرِبَة (ʔatriba) or تِرْبَان (tirbān))

  1. earth, soil, ground, dust (organic material, sand, etc., which covers the land)
  2. (figurative) land, territory, soil
    أَرادَت أَن تَرْجِعَ إلَى تُرابِ الوَطَن.
    ʔarādat ʔan tarjiʕa ʔilā turābi al-waṭan.
    She wanted to return to the homeland’s soil.

Declension

Declension of noun تُرَاب (turāb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تُرَاب
turāb 		التُّرَاب
at-turāb 		تُرَاب
turāb
Nominative تُرَابٌ
turābun 		التُّرَابُ
at-turābu 		تُرَابُ
turābu
Accusative تُرَابًا
turāban 		التُّرَابَ
at-turāba 		تُرَابَ
turāba
Genitive تُرَابٍ
turābin 		التُّرَابِ
at-turābi 		تُرَابِ
turābi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تُرَابَيْن
turābayn 		التُّرَابَيْن
at-turābayn 		تُرَابَيْ
turābay
Nominative تُرَابَانِ
turābāni 		التُّرَابَانِ
at-turābāni 		تُرَابَا
turābā
Accusative تُرَابَيْنِ
turābayni 		التُّرَابَيْنِ
at-turābayni 		تُرَابَيْ
turābay
Genitive تُرَابَيْنِ
turābayni 		التُّرَابَيْنِ
at-turābayni 		تُرَابَيْ
turābay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَتْرِبَة‎; تِرْبَان
ʔatriba‎; tirbān 		الْأَتْرِبَة‎; التِّرْبَان
al-ʔatriba‎; at-tirbān 		أَتْرِبَة‎; تِرْبَان
ʔatribat‎; tirbān
Nominative أَتْرِبَةٌ‎; تِرْبَانٌ
ʔatribatun‎; tirbānun 		الْأَتْرِبَةُ‎; التِّرْبَانُ
al-ʔatribatu‎; at-tirbānu 		أَتْرِبَةُ‎; تِرْبَانُ
ʔatribatu‎; tirbānu
Accusative أَتْرِبَةً‎; تِرْبَانًا
ʔatribatan‎; tirbānan 		الْأَتْرِبَةَ‎; التِّرْبَانَ
al-ʔatribata‎; at-tirbāna 		أَتْرِبَةَ‎; تِرْبَانَ
ʔatribata‎; tirbāna
Genitive أَتْرِبَةٍ‎; تِرْبَانٍ
ʔatribatin‎; tirbānin 		الْأَتْرِبَةِ‎; التِّرْبَانِ
al-ʔatribati‎; at-tirbāni 		أَتْرِبَةِ‎; تِرْبَانِ
ʔatribati‎; tirbāni

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “تراب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 188
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “تراب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 301
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تراب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 168
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “تراب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 137

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرَاب (turāb, “earth, soil, dust”).

Noun

تراب • (türab) (definite accusative ترابی (türabı), plural اتربه (etribe) or تربان (tirban))

  1. dust, powder, fine, dry particles of solid matter found in the air
    Synonyms: توز (toz), خاك (hak), غبار (gubar)
  2. earth, soil, a mixture of mineral particles and organic material
    Synonym: طوپراق (toprak)

Derived terms

  • ابو تراب (ebu türab, “ a nickname of Ali”, literally “the father of dust”)
  • ترابی (türabi, “pertaining to dust or earth”)

Descendants

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