ربا

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ر ب و (r-b-w)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

رِبًا (ribanm (dual رِبَوَان (ribawān) or رِبَيَان (ribayān))

  1. interest
  2. (Islamic finance) usury, usurious interest
  3. gain in selling, profit
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: riba
  • Hausa: r̃ìba
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रिबा (ribā)
    Urdu: ربا (ribā)
  • Malay: riba
  • Swahili: riba
  • Tigre: ርባ (rəba)
  • Turkish: riba

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

رَبَا (rabā) I, non-past يَرْبُو‎ (yarbū)

  1. to grow
  2. to increase
Conjugation[edit]

Persian[edit]

Verb[edit]

ربا (robâ)

  1. present stem form of ربودن (robudan)

Further reading[edit]

Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

رَبّا (rabbā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬਾ)

  1. vocative singular of رَبّ (rabb, Lord)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ربّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਰੱਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun[edit]

ربا (ribām (Hindi spelling रिबा)

  1. interest

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Punjabi رَبّا (rabbā), from رَبّ (rabb, Lord).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

رَبّا (rabbā) (Hindi spelling रब्बा)

  1. Clipping of ہائے رَبّا (hāe rabbā, oh Lord!).