تربية

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَبَّى‎ (rabbā, “to raise, to educate”), from the root ر ب و‎ (r-b-w).

Noun

تَرْبِيَة • (tarbiya) f

1. verbal noun of رَبَّى‎ (rabbā) (form II)
2. education
3. upbringing
4. rearing of plants or animals
5. pupil, foster child, ward
6. emendation, expostulation
7. good manners
8. progress
9. increase
10. composition

Declension

Declension of noun تَرْبِيَة (tarbiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَرْبِيَة tarbiya	التَّرْبِيَة‎ at-tarbiya	تَرْبِيَة tarbiyat
Nominative	تَرْبِيَةٌ tarbiyatun	التَّرْبِيَةُ‎ at-tarbiyatu	تَرْبِيَةُ tarbiyatu
Accusative	تَرْبِيَةً tarbiyatan	التَّرْبِيَةَ‎ at-tarbiyata	تَرْبِيَةَ tarbiyata
Genitive	تَرْبِيَةٍ tarbiyatin	التَّرْبِيَةِ‎ at-tarbiyati	تَرْبِيَةِ tarbiyati

Descendants

• Maltese: tarbija
• Azerbaijani: tərbiyə
• → Bashkir: тәрбиә (tärbiä)
• → Persian: تربیت‎ (tarbiyat)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph, “تربية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, 1884