tarbija

Estonian

Etymology

From tarbima +‎ -ja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrb̥ijɑ/

Noun

tarbija (genitive tarbija, partitive tarbijat)

1. (economics) consumer (person purchasing goods)

   Synonyms: kasutaja, klient, konsument, ostja, tarvitaja, vananenud

Declension

Declension of tarbija (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tarbija	tarbijad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tarbija
genitive			tarbijate
partitive		tarbijat	tarbijaid
illative		tarbijasse	tarbijatesse tarbijaisse
inessive		tarbijas	tarbijates tarbijais
elative		tarbijast	tarbijatest tarbijaist
allative		tarbijale	tarbijatele tarbijaile
adessive		tarbijal	tarbijatel tarbijail
ablative		tarbijalt	tarbijatelt tarbijailt
translative		tarbijaks	tarbijateks tarbijaiks
terminative		tarbijani	tarbijateni
essive		tarbijana	tarbijatena
abessive		tarbijata	tarbijateta
comitative		tarbijaga	tarbijatega

Related terms

nouns

• tarbimine
• tarbimus

 

verb

• tarbima

 

Further reading

• “tarbija”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “tarbija”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tarbija”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• tarbija in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Maltese

Root
r-b-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَرْبِية (tarbiya, literally “upbringing, rearing”), which is also used in the sense “foster child” by transfer from the action to its object. Compare Moroccan Arabic تربية (tarbya, “baby”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tarˈbiː.ja/

• Audio (Gozo)

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Noun

tarbija f (plural trabi)

1. baby, infant