طرب

From the root ط ر ب (ṭ-r-b). Cognate with Mehri طرب (“oud”).

طَرِبَ • (ṭariba) I (non-past يَطْرَبُ (yaṭrabu), verbal noun طَرَب (ṭarab))

1. to be moved (with emotion)
2. to be delighted, to be overjoyed, to be transported with joy

طَرَّبَ • (ṭarraba) II (non-past يُطَرِّبُ (yuṭarribu), verbal noun تَطْرِيب (taṭrīb))

1. to delight, to fill with delight, to enrapture, to please
2. (music) to sing, to vocalize, to chant

طَرَب • (ṭarab) m (plural أَطْرَاب (ʔaṭrāb))

1. verbal noun of طَرِبَ (ṭariba) (form I)
2. joy, pleasure, delight, rapture
3. amusement, entertainment (with music)
4. (music) music
5. A state of aesthetic pleasure that results from poetry or music, as when the body, mind and breathing begin to feel a new, slower rhythm.
6. A deep sense of aesthetic appreciation of a poem or piece of music, and the sentiments it evokes.

→ Swahili: taarab

طَرِب • (ṭarib) m (plural طِرَاب (ṭirāb))

1. moved (with emotion, joy, grief, etc.)
2. touched, affected
3. delighted, enraptured, transported, pleased
4. charmed

• Umar Ibn al-Farid. Sufi Verse, Saintly Life. Preface by Michael A. Sells. Paulist Press, 2001. p.xii