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ربع
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Arabic
Etymology
Compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Cognate to Hebrew רֹבַע (róva', “quarter”).
Noun
رُبُع or رُبْع • (rubuʕ or rubʕ) m (plural أَرْبَاع (ʔarbāʕ))
Declension
Derived terms
- اَلرُّبْع اَلْخَالِي (ar-rubʕ al-ḵālī)
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: ربع (rubiʕ)
- Moroccan Arabic: ربع (rubʕ, rubuʕ)
- → Catalan: arrova
- → Middle Armenian: ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup)
- Armenian: ռուբ (ṙub)
- → Italian: rubbio
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: arrova, arroba
- → Old Spanish: arroua
- → Persian: ربع (rob')
- → Azerbaijani: rüb
- → Ottoman Turkish: ربع (rub)
- → Swahili: robo
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Gulf Arabic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
رُبِع • (rubiʿ) m (dual رُبْعين (rubʿēn), plural اَرْباع (arbāʿ))
- quarter, one fourth
- (Kuwait) a quarter Kuwaiti Dinar, equivalent to 250 Fils
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
رَبِع • (rabiʿ) m (plural only)
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Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈɾubʔ/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹobʔ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾubʔ]
Noun
ربع • (rob')
- quarter, one-fourth
- Synonym: چهارم (čahârom)
- ربع ساعت ― rob' sâ'at ― quarter-hour
- دو و ربع ― do o rob' ― two and a quarter; quarter past two
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: rüb
- → Ottoman Turkish: ربع (rub)
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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