Rab

See also: rab, Ráb, Rąb, råb, and раб

English

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Rab

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Serbo-Croatian Rab, ultimately derived from a substrate root *Arb-, as apparent in Ancient Greek Ἄρβα (Árba), Latin Arba and Italian Arbe.

Proper noun

Rab

1. An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
2. A town on the above island.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Rab

1. A male given name, Scottish version of Rob, from Robert.

Anagrams

• ABR, Bra, bra, bar-, Arb., bar, BAR, ARB, RBA, Bar, arb, abr., Bar.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رب, from Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾab/

Proper noun

Rab

1. (religion) God

Derived terms

• Rabbime emanet
• ya Rab
• ya Rabb'im

Further reading

• “Rab”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “Rab”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “Rab”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “Rab”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3844