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ربع

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, four). Cognate to Hebrew רֹבַע (róva', quarter).

Noun

رُبُع or رُبْع (rubuʕ or rubʕ) m (plural أَرْبَاع (ʔarbāʕ))

  1. one fourth, one quarter
  2. quarter (area or region)

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ربع (rubiʕ)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ربع (rubʕ, rubuʕ)
  • Catalan: arrova
  • Middle Armenian: ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup)
  • 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

From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Noun

رُبِع (rubiʿ) m (dual رُبْعين (rubʿēn), plural اَرْباع (arbāʿ))

  1. quarter, one fourth
  2. (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)

  1. (plural only) friends
    Synonyms: (singular) رفيج (rfīj), (singular) صاحب (ṣāḥib)
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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ).

Pronunciation

 

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Noun

ربع (rob')

  1. quarter, one-fourth
    Synonym: چهارم (čahârom)
    ربع ساعتrob' sâ'atquarter-hour
    دو و ربعdo o rob'two and a quarter; quarter past two

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: rüb
  • Ottoman Turkish: ربع (rub)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rubʕ/, [ˈrʊ.b(ʊ)ʕ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

ربع (rubʕ) m (plural رباع (rbāʕ))

  1. quarter

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