ربع

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Arabic

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Arabic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa)
    Ordinal: رَابِع (rābiʕ)
    Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ)
    Distributive: رُبَاعَ (rubāʕa)
    Fractional: رُبُع (rubuʕ), رُبْع (rubʕ)

Etymology

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Root
ر ب ع (r b ʕ)
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Compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, four).

Noun

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رُبُع or رُبْع (rubuʕ or rubʕm (plural أَرْبَاع (ʔarbāʕ))

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

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Gulf Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Noun

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رُبِع (rubiʿm (dual رُبْعين (rubʿēn), plural اَرْباع (arbāʿ))

  1. quarter, one fourth
  2. (Kuwait) a quarter Kuwaiti Dinar, equivalent to 250 Fils

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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رَبِع (rabiʿm (plural only)

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

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ruḇ'
Dari reading? rub'
Iranian reading? rob'
Tajik reading? rubʾ

Noun

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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

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

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ر ب ع
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Etymology

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    Cardinal: أربعة
    Ordinal: رابع
    Fractional: ربع

From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ربع (rubʕm (plural رباع (rbāʕ))

  1. quarter