طيب

From Proto-Semitic *ṭāb- (“good, pleasant”), with levelling to the typical Arabic adjective pattern CayyiC of hollow roots. Cognate with Akkadian 𒁕𒁍𒌝 (ṭābum) and Biblical Hebrew טוֹב (ṭoḇ).

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.jib/

طَيِّب • (ṭayyib) (feminine طَيِّبَة (ṭayyiba), masculine plural طَيِّبُونَ (ṭayyibūna), feminine plural طَيِّبَات (ṭayyibāt), elative أَطْيَب (ʔaṭyab))

1. good, wholesome, nice, fine (for example, beneficial, favorable, advantageous; moral, pure, clean; nutritious, nourishing, healthy; tasty, delicious, pleasant, etc.)

   Antonym: خَبِيث (ḵabīṯ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:81:

     كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَى

     ُO Children of Israel! Eat from the good and wholesome things of what We have allotted to you, and do not transgress with it, so My wrath does not come down upon you. Whomever My wrath comes down upon has lapsed.

   • a. 967 CE, Abu Al-Faraj Al-Asfahani, edited by Salah Al-Din Al-Munajjid, Adab Al-Ghurabā’, 1st edition, Dār Al-Kitāb Al-Jadīd, published 1972, →OCLC, pages 26–27:

     فمضينا ومعنا من الغناء والآلة والشراب كل شيء ظريف، وأقمنا بالعمر ثلاثة أيام، ومضت لنا به أوقات طيبة،

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2. charming, pleasant, agreeable
3. enjoyable
4. tasty, palatable

• خَبِيث (ḵabīṯ)

• Maltese: tajjeb
• → Ottoman Turkish: طیب (tayyib)
• → Persian: طیب (tayyeb)
• → Urdu: طَيِّب (tayyib)

طَيِّب • (ṭayyib) m

1. a male given name

• → Turkish: Tayyip

• جَيِّد (jayyid)

Compare Sabaean 𐩷𐩺𐩨 (ṭyb, “lemongrass”) and Akkadian 𒁵 (ṭabtum, “goodness; salt”).

• IPA^(key): /tˤiːb/

طِيب • (ṭīb) m

1. verbal noun of طَابَ (ṭāba) (form I)
2. goodness, kind-heartedness; agreeability
3. fragrance, scent, perfume
   • 13th Century CE, Imam al-Busiri, Al-Burda:

     لَا طِيبَ يَعْدِلُ تُرْبًا ضَمَّ أَعْظُمَهُ

     lā ṭība yaʕdilu turban ḍamma ʔaʕẓumahu

     No perfume equals the dust (earth) which is touching his body.

• → Ottoman Turkish: طیب (tîb)
  • Turkish: tip
• → Persian: طیب (tib)
• → Urdu: طِیب (tīb)

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.ja.ba/

طَيَّبَ • (ṭayyaba) II (non-past يُطَيِّبُ (yuṭayyibu), verbal noun تَطْيِيب (taṭyīb))

1. to season, to spice (food)
2. to make pleasant, to make sweet
3. to perfume, to aromatise

From Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /tˤəjːɪb/

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طيب • (ṭayyɪb) m

1. a kind person

   Synonym: شقردي

طيب • (ṭayyɪb)

1. good, nice, pleasant

   Synonym: زين (zen)

   Antonyms: خبيث (xəbiθ), شين (ʃen)

From Arabic طَيَّبَ (ṭayyaba).

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.jab/

طيب • (ṭayyab) II (non-past يطيب (yṭayyab))

1. to cook

   Synonym: طبخ (ṭbaḵ)

From Arabic طَيَّبَ (ṭayyaba).

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.jab/,

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طيّب • (ṭayyab) II (present بطيّب (biṭayyeb))

1. (transitive) to heal, to cure

   Synonym: شفى (šafa)

From Arabic طَيِّبَ (ṭayyiba).

• طبّ (ṭabb)

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.jeb/,

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طيّب • (ṭayyeb)

1. OK, fine

   Synonym: تمام (tamām)

طيّب • (ṭayyeb) (feminine طيّبة (ṭayybe), common plural طيّبين (ṭayybīn), elative أطيب (ʾaṭyab))

1. (food) tasty

   Synonyms: زاكي (zāki), لذيذ (lazīz)

From Old South Arabian 𐩷𐩺𐩨 (ṭyb).

طيب (ṭayb, ṭēb, ṭīb) m

1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon schoenanthus)
2. a fragrance, mixture of scent, or anything used for its aromatic properties

Inherited from Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib). From the root ط ي ب (ṭ-y-b) of which the base stem طاب (ṭāb) means “to ripen”, so one sees it refers to a refined state of gold as opposed to ore. The sense is also found in Shehri ṭíb (“gold”).

طيب (ṭayyib)

1. complete, finished, accomplished
2. perfect, of a most refined state

طيب (ṭayyib) m

1. (obsolete) gold

From Arabic طَيَّبَ (ṭayyaba, “to make pleasant”) from the root ط ي ب (ṭ-y-b).

طيب (ṭayyab) (form II)

1. to clean, to scrub

• Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 311b
• Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎, Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 282–284 and other places listed Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎, Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, page 411b
• Sima, Alexander (2000) Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 278