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ربا

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

More information Root ...

Compare Hebrew ריבית (ribít, interest).

Pronunciation

Noun

رِبًا (riban) m (dual رِبَوَان (ribawān) or رِبَيَان (ribayān))

  1. interest
  2. (Islamic finance) usury, usurious interest
  3. gain in selling, profit
Declension
More information singular, singular in ـًا (-an) ...
Descendants
  • English: riba
  • Hausa: r̃ìba
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रिबा (ribā)
    Urdu: ربا (ribā)
  • Malay: riba
  • Swahili: riba
  • Tigre: ርባ (rəba)
  • Turkish: riba

Etymology 1.2

Compare Hebrew רָבַב (rabab, to be many, to multiply, to increase).

Pronunciation

Verb

رَبَا (rabā) I (non-past يَرْبُو (yarbū), verbal noun رَبَاء (rabāʔ) or رُبُوّ (rubuww))

  1. to grow
  2. to increase
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...
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Persian

Verb

ربا (robâ)

  1. present stem form of ربودن (robudan)

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

From رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَبّا (rabbā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬਾ)

  1. vocative singular of رَبّ (rabb, Lord)

Derived terms

  • ہائے رَبّا (hā'e rabbā, Oh Lord!)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ربّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਰੱਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

ربا (ribā) m (Hindi spelling रिबा)

  1. interest

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi رَبّا (rabbā), from رَبّ (rabb, Lord).

Pronunciation

Interjection

رَبّا (rabbā) (Hindi spelling रब्बा)

  1. clipping of ہائے رَبّا (hāe rabbā, oh Lord!)

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