adab

See also: adáb

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadab/ [ˈʔʌdʌb]
• Hyphenation: a‧dab

Noun

ádab m 

1. Alternative form of adábi

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 51

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay adab, from Classical Malay ادب (adab), from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈad̪ap̚]
• Rhymes: -adap, -dap, -ap, -p
• Hyphenation: adab

Noun

adab (plural adab-adab, first-person possessive adabku, second-person possessive adabmu, third-person possessive adabnya)

1. good manner, politeness, civility

   Synonym: akhlak

   Antonym: biadab

Derived terms

• beradab
• berkeadaban
• berperadaban
• keadaban
• memperadabkan
• mengadabi
• peradaban

 

Further reading

• “adab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Noun

adab (Jawi spelling ادب, plural adab-adab, informal 1st possessive adabku, 2nd possessive adabmu, 3rd possessive adabnya)

1. good manner, politeness, civility

   Synonyms: akhlak, susila

Descendants

• Indonesian: adab

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• keadaban (“custom”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• peradaban (“civilisation”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• beradab (“to have manners, to be civilised”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berperadaban (“civilised, to reach civilisation”) [stative / habitual + causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (beR- + peR- + -an)
• memperadabkan (“to make civilised”) [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• mengadabi (“to treat someone with good manners”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• balik adab
• biadab
• ilmu adab

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Tausug

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Noun

adab

1. manners

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	адаб‍
Latin	adab‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Noun

adab (plural adablar)

1. proper behavior, decency, conduct, manners

Declension

Declension of adab

	singular	plural
nominative	adab	adablar
genitive	adabning	adablarning
dative	adabga	adablarga
definite accusative	adabni	adablarni
locative	adabda	adablarda
ablative	adabdan	adablardan
similative	adabdek	adablardek

Possessive forms of adab

my	singular	plural
nominative	adabim	adablarim
genitive	adabimning	adablarimning
dative	adabimga	adablarimga
definite accusative	adabimni	adablarimni
locative	adabimda	adablarimda
ablative	adabimdan	adablarimdan
similative	adabimdek	adablarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	adabing	adablaring
genitive	adabingning	adablaringning
dative	adabingga	adablaringga
definite accusative	adabingni	adablaringni
locative	adabingda	adablaringda
ablative	adabingdan	adablaringdan
similative	adabingdek	adablaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	adabi	adablari
genitive	adabining	adablarining
dative	adabiga	adablariga
definite accusative	adabini	adablarini
locative	adabida	adablarida
ablative	adabidan	adablaridan
similative	adabidek	adablaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	adabimiz	adablarimiz
genitive	adabimizning	adablarimizning
dative	adabimizga	adablarimizga
definite accusative	adabimizni	adablarimizni
locative	adabimizda	adablarimizda
ablative	adabimizdan	adablarimizdan
similative	adabimizdek	adablarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	adabingiz	adablaringiz
genitive	adabingizning	adablaringizning
dative	adabingizga	adablaringizga
definite accusative	adabingizni	adablaringizni
locative	adabingizda	adablaringizda
ablative	adabingizdan	adablaringizdan
similative	adabingizdek	adablaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	adabi	adablari
genitive	adabining	adablarining
dative	adabiga	adablariga
definite accusative	adabini	adablarini
locative	adabida	adablarida
ablative	adabidan	adablaridan	similative	adabidek	adablaridek