رقیب

See also: رقيب

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رَقِيب (raqīb).

Noun

رقیب • (raqib) (plural رقبا (roqabâ))

1. guardian, keeper
2. rival, competitor, adversary, antagonist

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rəqib
• → Georgian: რაყიფი (raq̇ipi)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रक़ीब (raqīb)

  Urdu: رقیب‎

• → Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib)

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “رقیب”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 48