riba

See also: RIBA and riʼbaʼ

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English

Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (uncountable)

1. (Islam, finance) interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

Anagrams

• Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, abir, abri, bari, rabi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈri.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈri.ba]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

1. coast, shore

   Synonyms: vora, costa

2. edge

   Synonym: marge

Derived terms

• ribatge
• ribera

Related terms

• arribar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonym: grosella

Synonyms

• (gooseberry): agrassó

Derived terms

• riber

References

• “riba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “riba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fula

Noun

riba ka

1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

References

• Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999), Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎ (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (dated, geography) bank
2. (dated, geography) shore

Derived terms

• Riba
• Ribada
• ribada
• Ribas
• ribazo
• ribeira
• Ribeira
• ribeirao
• Ribeiro
• Ribeiroa
• Ribela
• Sorribas
• Surriba
• Surribas

Adverb

riba

1. up

Derived terms

• aínda por riba
• por riba
• por riba de

Related terms

• arriba

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “riba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “riba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “riba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “riba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rì.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

1. bank interest, usury

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ríː.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ríː.bàː]

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

1. profit
2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

riba

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay riba (“lap”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

Verb

riba

1. (obsolete) to lap: to hold as in one's lap; to rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap

Derived terms

• diriba
• meriba
• ribaan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay riba (“usury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (plural riba-riba)

1. (Islam) interest, usury

   Synonyms: bunga, renten

Further reading

• “riba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

riba

1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ