تاب

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See also: تأب, تأت, پاپ, باب, بات, and باپ

Arabic

Etymology

Template:ar-denominal verb. Doublet of ثَابَ (ṯāba).

Pronunciation

Verb

تَابَ (tāba) I, non-past يَتُوبُ‎ (yatūbu)

  1. to repent, to be penitent [+ إِلَى (object) = to God] [+ عَنْ (object) = sin]
    Synonyms: ثَابَ (ṯāba), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa), آبَ (ʔāba), أَنَابَ (ʔanāba), نَابَ (nāba)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:143:
      فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
      falammā ʔafāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ʔilayka waʔana ʔawwalu l-muʔminīna
      And when he (Moses) awoke, he said: "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of believers!"
  2. to accept repentance [+ عَلَى (object)]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:17:
      إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
      ʔinnamā t-tawbatu ʕalā l-lahi lillaḏīna yaʕmalūna s-sūʔa bijahālatin ṯumma yatūbūna min qarībin faʔūlāʔika yatūbu l-lahu ʕalayhim wakāna l-lahu ʕalīman ḥakīman
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms


Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Related to Old Armenian տապ (tap, heat), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːb]

Noun

Dari تاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоб

تاب (tâb)

  1. heat, warmth
  2. glow, radiance
  3. burning, inflaming, illuminating

Etymology 2

Dari تاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоб

تاب (tâb)

  1. endurance, power

Etymology 3

تاب (tâb)

  1. swing (hanging seat)

References