ربط

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رَبَطَ • (rabaṭa) I (non-past يَرْبُطُ (yarbuṭu), verbal noun رَبْط (rabṭ))

1. to tie up, to bind

   رَبَطَ الرَّجُلُ حِذَاءَهُ بِإحكَامِ.

   The man tied his shoes tightly.

2. to fasten, to attach
3. (Quran) to strengthen (used with the word for "heart" قَلْب (qalb))
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:14:

     وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

     warabaṭnā ʕalā qulūbihim ʔiḏ qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbu s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi

     And We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and declared, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:10:

     لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     lawlā ʔan rrabaṭnā ʕalā qalbihā litakūna mina l-muʔminīna

     had We not reassured her heart in order for her to have faith ˹in Allah’s promise˺.

رَبْط • (rabṭ) m

1. verbal noun of رَبَطَ (rabaṭa) (form I)
2. binding
3. fastening
4. tying

• → Ottoman Turkish: ربط (rabt)
  • Turkish: rabıt

رُبَط • (rubaṭ) f pl

1. plural of رَبْطَة (rabṭa)

Borrowed from Arabic رَبْط (rabṭ).

ربط • (rabt)

1. union, connection
2. conjunction

• Turkish: rabıt

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ربط”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 615a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ربط”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 963a
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rabıt²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3924a

From Arabic رَبَطَ (rabaṭa).

• IPA^(key): /ra.batˤ/,

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ربط • (rabaṭ) I (present بربط (borboṭ))

1. to tie

   Synonym: شدّ (šadd)