ركاب

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر ك ب (r-k-b)

From رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride, to mount”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.kaːb/

Noun

رِكَاب • (rikāb) m (plural رُكُب (rukub))

1. stirrup
2. mount, animal ridden on

Declension

Declension of noun رِكَاب (rikāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِكَاب rikāb	الرِّكَاب ar-rikāb	رِكَاب rikāb
Nominative	رِكَابٌ rikābun	الرِّكَابُ ar-rikābu	رِكَابُ rikābu
Accusative	رِكَابًا rikāban	الرِّكَابَ ar-rikāba	رِكَابَ rikāba
Genitive	رِكَابٍ rikābin	الرِّكَابِ ar-rikābi	رِكَابِ rikābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِكَابَيْن rikābayn	الرِّكَابَيْن ar-rikābayn	رِكَابَيْ rikābay
Nominative	رِكَابَانِ rikābāni	الرِّكَابَانِ ar-rikābāni	رِكَابَا rikābā
Accusative	رِكَابَيْنِ rikābayni	الرِّكَابَيْنِ ar-rikābayni	رِكَابَيْ rikābay
Genitive	رِكَابَيْنِ rikābayni	الرِّكَابَيْنِ ar-rikābayni	رِكَابَيْ rikābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُكُب rukub	الرُّكُب ar-rukub	رُكُب rukub
Nominative	رُكُبٌ rukubun	الرُّكُبُ ar-rukubu	رُكُبُ rukubu
Accusative	رُكُبًا rukuban	الرُّكُبَ ar-rukuba	رُكُبَ rukuba
Genitive	رُكُبٍ rukubin	الرُّكُبِ ar-rukubi	رُكُبِ rukubi

Descendants

• → Khalaj: rikâb
• → Middle Armenian: ըռբեկ (əṙbek)
• → Persian: رکاب (rekâb)
  • → Gujarati: રકાબ (rakāb), રિકાબ (rikāb)
• → Somali: rakaab
• → Swahili: rikabu
• → Ottoman Turkish: ركاب (rikâb)
  • Turkish: rikâb
• → Yoruba: àlùkéńbù

Noun

رُكَّاب • (rukkāb) m pl

1. plural of رَاكِب (rākib)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِكَاب (rikāb, “stirrup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.caːb/

Noun

ركاب • (rikâb) (plural ركب (rukub))

1. stirrup, a ring or hoop for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding

   Synonym: اوزنگی (üzengi)

2. (historical) court held by the sultan for the formal reception of the dignitaries of the empire

Derived terms

• ركاب آغالری (rikâb ağaları, “the sultan's equerries of State”)
• ركاب صولاغی (rikâb solağı, “lieutenant of the Janissaries”)
• ركاب همایون (rikâb hümāyun, “the sultan's presence on a State occasion”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: rikâb

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rikâb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3970
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ركاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 627
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stapes”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1592
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ركاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2353
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ركاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 984