ضابط

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ض ب ط (ḍ-b-ṭ)

Derived from the active participle of ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa, “to regulate etc.”).

Noun

ضَابِط • (ḍābiṭ) m (plural ضُبَّاط (ḍubbāṭ), feminine ضَابِطَة (ḍābiṭa))

1. officer
2. (dialectal, Iraq) tenant farmer or villein

   Synonym: إِرِّيس (ʔirrīs)

   Hypernyms: مُزَارِع (muzāriʕ), زَرَّاع (zarrāʕ), حَرَّاث (ḥarrāṯ), أَكَّار (ʔakkār), كَافِر (kāfir), فَلَّاح (fallāḥ)

   • 1809, Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste, Description du Pachalik de Bagdad, suivie d’une Notice historique sur les Wahabis et de quelques aulres pièces relatives à l’Historie et à la Littérature de l’Orient‎^[1], Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, pages 65, also 66, 81:

     Comme le choix des zabets ou fermiers depend entièrement du caprice du propriétaire, la durée de la location dépend aussi de sa volontée, et elle cesse aussitôt que le fermier qu’il a choisi ne le satisfait pas par l’exactitude des payemens, soit en denrées, soit en argent.

     Like the choice of ḍubbāt (note: one transcribes the better-known “officer” meaning alike in French) entirely depends on the caprice of the owner, the durity of the location also depends on his will, and it passes as early as the farmer which he has chosen does not satisfy the exaction of payments, be it in kind or be it in money.

Declension

Declension of noun ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَابِط ḍābiṭ	الضَّابِط aḍ-ḍābiṭ	ضَابِط ḍābiṭ	ضَابِطَة ḍābiṭa	الضَّابِطَة aḍ-ḍābiṭa	ضَابِطَة ḍābiṭat
Nominative	ضَابِطٌ ḍābiṭun	الضَّابِطُ aḍ-ḍābiṭu	ضَابِطُ ḍābiṭu	ضَابِطَةٌ ḍābiṭatun	الضَّابِطَةُ aḍ-ḍābiṭatu	ضَابِطَةُ ḍābiṭatu
Accusative	ضَابِطًا ḍābiṭan	الضَّابِطَ aḍ-ḍābiṭa	ضَابِطَ ḍābiṭa	ضَابِطَةً ḍābiṭatan	الضَّابِطَةَ aḍ-ḍābiṭata	ضَابِطَةَ ḍābiṭata
Genitive	ضَابِطٍ ḍābiṭin	الضَّابِطِ aḍ-ḍābiṭi	ضَابِطِ ḍābiṭi	ضَابِطَةٍ ḍābiṭatin	الضَّابِطَةِ aḍ-ḍābiṭati	ضَابِطَةِ ḍābiṭati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَابِطَيْن ḍābiṭayn	الضَّابِطَيْن aḍ-ḍābiṭayn	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay	ضَابِطَتَيْن ḍābiṭatayn	الضَّابِطَتَيْن aḍ-ḍābiṭatayn	ضَابِطَتَيْ ḍābiṭatay
Nominative	ضَابِطَانِ ḍābiṭāni	الضَّابِطَانِ aḍ-ḍābiṭāni	ضَابِطَا ḍābiṭā	ضَابِطَتَانِ ḍābiṭatāni	الضَّابِطَتَانِ aḍ-ḍābiṭatāni	ضَابِطَتَا ḍābiṭatā
Accusative	ضَابِطَيْنِ ḍābiṭayni	الضَّابِطَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭayni	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay	ضَابِطَتَيْنِ ḍābiṭatayni	الضَّابِطَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭatayni	ضَابِطَتَيْ ḍābiṭatay
Genitive	ضَابِطَيْنِ ḍābiṭayni	الضَّابِطَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭayni	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay	ضَابِطَتَيْنِ ḍābiṭatayni	الضَّابِطَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭatayni	ضَابِطَتَيْ ḍābiṭatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضُبَّاط ḍubbāṭ	الضُّبَّاط aḍ-ḍubbāṭ	ضُبَّاط ḍubbāṭ	ضَابِطَات ḍābiṭāt	الضَّابِطَات aḍ-ḍābiṭāt	ضَابِطَات ḍābiṭāt
Nominative	ضُبَّاطٌ ḍubbāṭun	الضُّبَّاطُ aḍ-ḍubbāṭu	ضُبَّاطُ ḍubbāṭu	ضَابِطَاتٌ ḍābiṭātun	الضَّابِطَاتُ aḍ-ḍābiṭātu	ضَابِطَاتُ ḍābiṭātu
Accusative	ضُبَّاطًا ḍubbāṭan	الضُّبَّاطَ aḍ-ḍubbāṭa	ضُبَّاطَ ḍubbāṭa	ضَابِطَاتٍ ḍābiṭātin	الضَّابِطَاتِ aḍ-ḍābiṭāti	ضَابِطَاتِ ḍābiṭāti
Genitive	ضُبَّاطٍ ḍubbāṭin	الضُّبَّاطِ aḍ-ḍubbāṭi	ضُبَّاطِ ḍubbāṭi	ضَابِطَاتٍ ḍābiṭātin	الضَّابِطَاتِ aḍ-ḍābiṭāti	ضَابِطَاتِ ḍābiṭāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ضابط (zabit)
  • Turkish: zabit
  • → Romanian: zabet

Etymology 2

Noun

ضَابِط • (ḍābiṭ) m (plural ضَوَابِط (ḍawābiṭ))

1. reglement, regulation, custom, usage
2. (obsolete) pair of compasses

   Synonyms: بِرْكَار (birkār), دَوَّارَة (dawwāra)

   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 173 (fol. 17r,4–6), page 362:

     البركار بالراء هو الضابط عن أبي الفتوح، قرأتُ في إصلاح المنطق للدينوري: والبرجار يقال إنّه البركار.

     Birkār with r is pair of compasses after Abū al-Futūḥ, and I have read in the Improvement of Speech of Ad-Dīnawarī that birjār is birkār.

Declension

Declension of noun ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَابِط ḍābiṭ	الضَّابِط aḍ-ḍābiṭ	ضَابِط ḍābiṭ
Nominative	ضَابِطٌ ḍābiṭun	الضَّابِطُ aḍ-ḍābiṭu	ضَابِطُ ḍābiṭu
Accusative	ضَابِطًا ḍābiṭan	الضَّابِطَ aḍ-ḍābiṭa	ضَابِطَ ḍābiṭa
Genitive	ضَابِطٍ ḍābiṭin	الضَّابِطِ aḍ-ḍābiṭi	ضَابِطِ ḍābiṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَابِطَيْن ḍābiṭayn	الضَّابِطَيْن aḍ-ḍābiṭayn	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay
Nominative	ضَابِطَانِ ḍābiṭāni	الضَّابِطَانِ aḍ-ḍābiṭāni	ضَابِطَا ḍābiṭā
Accusative	ضَابِطَيْنِ ḍābiṭayni	الضَّابِطَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭayni	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay
Genitive	ضَابِطَيْنِ ḍābiṭayni	الضَّابِطَيْنِ aḍ-ḍābiṭayni	ضَابِطَيْ ḍābiṭay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَوَابِط ḍawābiṭ	الضَّوَابِط aḍ-ḍawābiṭ	ضَوَابِط ḍawābiṭ
Nominative	ضَوَابِطُ ḍawābiṭu	الضَّوَابِطُ aḍ-ḍawābiṭu	ضَوَابِطُ ḍawābiṭu
Accusative	ضَوَابِطَ ḍawābiṭa	الضَّوَابِطَ aḍ-ḍawābiṭa	ضَوَابِطَ ḍawābiṭa
Genitive	ضَوَابِطَ ḍawābiṭa	الضَّوَابِطِ aḍ-ḍawābiṭi	ضَوَابِطِ ḍawābiṭi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ضابط”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 2b

Munji

Noun

ضابط (zābat)

1. officer

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ).

Noun

ضابط • (zabit) (plural ضابطان or ضابطلر)

1. officer

Descendants

• Turkish: zabit
• → Romanian: zabet

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâbit”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[3] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâbitân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[4] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN