تربة

Arabic

Root
ت ر ب (t-r-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tur.ba/

Noun

تُرْبَة • (turba) f (plural تُرَب (turab))

1. dust; soil, ground

   Synonym: تُرَاب (turāb)

2. burial ground, graveyard
3. ellipsis of تُرْبَة حُسَيْنِيَّة (turba(t) ḥusayniyya, “turbah, a piece of soil used for praying”).

Declension

Declension of noun تُرْبَة (turba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرْبَة turba	التُّرْبَة at-turba	تُرْبَة turbat
Nominative	تُرْبَةٌ turbatun	التُّرْبَةُ at-turbatu	تُرْبَةُ turbatu
Accusative	تُرْبَةً turbatan	التُّرْبَةَ at-turbata	تُرْبَةَ turbata
Genitive	تُرْبَةٍ turbatin	التُّرْبَةِ at-turbati	تُرْبَةِ turbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرْبَتَيْن turbatayn	التُّرْبَتَيْن at-turbatayn	تُرْبَتَيْ turbatay
Nominative	تُرْبَتَانِ turbatāni	التُّرْبَتَانِ at-turbatāni	تُرْبَتَا turbatā
Accusative	تُرْبَتَيْنِ turbatayni	التُّرْبَتَيْنِ at-turbatayni	تُرْبَتَيْ turbatay
Genitive	تُرْبَتَيْنِ turbatayni	التُّرْبَتَيْنِ at-turbatayni	تُرْبَتَيْ turbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُرَب turab	التُّرَب at-turab	تُرَب turab
Nominative	تُرَبٌ turabun	التُّرَبُ at-turabu	تُرَبُ turabu
Accusative	تُرَبًا turaban	التُّرَبَ at-turaba	تُرَبَ turaba
Genitive	تُرَبٍ turabin	التُّرَبِ at-turabi	تُرَبِ turabi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: türbə
• → Ottoman Turkish: تربه (türbe)
  • Turkish: türbe
  • → Hungarian: türbe
  • → Macedonian: турбе (turbe)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “تربة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 188
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تربة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 301
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “تربة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 137