ارباب

See also: أرباب and أزباب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb).

Noun

ارباب • (erbab)

1. plural of رب (rab, “lord; owner”)

Adjective

ارباب • (erbab)

1. competent, expert

Descendants

• Turkish: erbap
• → Macedonian: ербап (erbap)

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “erbab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ارباب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 65

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), originally the plural of رَبّ (rabb, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔar.ˈbaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.bɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	arbāb
Dari reading?	arbāb
Iranian reading?	arbâb
Tajik reading?	arbob

Noun

ارباب • (arbāb / arbâb) (plural اربابان (arbābān / arbâbân), Tajik spelling арбоб)

1. boss
2. major landlord, owner of an estate, feudal lord
3. (historical) lord, master

   ارباب حلقه‌ها ― arbâb-e halqe-hâ ― The Lord of the Rings

4. (collective, with ezâfe) the masters (of), those renowned (for), those possessing

   Synonyms: صاحب (sâheb), اهل (ahl)

   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Admonition of the Martian Prophetess”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[2]:

     دین نگردد پختہ بی آداب عشق
     دین بگیر از صحبت ارباب عشق

     dīn na-gardad puxta bē ādāb-i 'išq
     dīn bi-gīr az suhbat-i arbāb-i 'išq

     religion does not mature without Love’s schooling;
     learn religion from the company of the Lords of Love.

     (Indo-Persian script)

5. (BDSM) master

Usage notes

• The Arabic singular رب (rabb) is only used for God in modern Persian, and ارباب is considered singular.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ارباب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ارباب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.