harbi

English

Etymology

From Arabic حَرْبِيّ (ḥarbiyy, literally “military”), a reference to the House of War.

Noun

harbi (plural harbis or harbi)

1. (Islam) A person who is not a Muslim and does not live under the condition of the dhimma.

Coordinate terms

• dhimmi, a non-Muslim under Muslim rule
• Dar al-Islam, the Muslim world

Turkish

Tabanca ve harbi. - Pistol and ramrod.

Alternative forms

• harbe, harbî (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حربی (ḥarbi, “a ramrod”), possibly from Arabic حَرْبَة (ḥarba, “dart, spearhead, bayonet, spike”), from حَرْب (ḥarb, “war, warfare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɾˈbi/
• Hyphenation: har‧bi

Noun

harbi (definite accusative harbiyi, plural harbiler)

1. (firearms) A ramrod, gunstick.

Declension

Declension of harbi

singular plural nominative harbi harbiler definite accusative harbiyi harbileri dative harbiye harbilere locative harbide harbilerde ablative harbiden harbilerden genitive harbinin harbilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular harbim harbilerim 2nd singular harbin harbilerin 3rd singular harbisi harbileri 1st plural harbimiz harbilerimiz 2nd plural harbiniz harbileriniz 3rd plural harbileri harbileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular harbimi harbilerimi 2nd singular harbini harbilerini 3rd singular harbisini harbilerini 1st plural harbimizi harbilerimizi 2nd plural harbinizi harbilerinizi 3rd plural harbilerini harbilerini dative singular plural 1st singular harbime harbilerime 2nd singular harbine harbilerine 3rd singular harbisine harbilerine 1st plural harbimize harbilerimize 2nd plural harbinize harbilerinize 3rd plural harbilerine harbilerine locative singular plural 1st singular harbimde harbilerimde 2nd singular harbinde harbilerinde 3rd singular harbisinde harbilerinde 1st plural harbimizde harbilerimizde 2nd plural harbinizde harbilerinizde 3rd plural harbilerinde harbilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular harbimden harbilerimden 2nd singular harbinden harbilerinden 3rd singular harbisinden harbilerinden 1st plural harbimizden harbilerimizden 2nd plural harbinizden harbilerinizden 3rd plural harbilerinden harbilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular harbimin harbilerimin 2nd singular harbinin harbilerinin 3rd singular harbisinin harbilerinin 1st plural harbimizin harbilerimizin 2nd plural harbinizin harbilerinizin 3rd plural harbilerinin harbilerinin

Adjective

harbi

1. (slang) One who speaks truthfully, honest.
2. (slang) true, unvarnished, unadulterated

Declension

Predicative forms of harbi

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	harbiyim	harbi miyim?
sen (you are)	harbisin	harbi misin?
o (he/she/it is)	harbi / harbidir	harbi mi?
biz (we are)	harbiyiz	harbi miyiz?
siz (you are)	harbisiniz	harbi misiniz?
onlar (they are)	harbi(ler)	harbi(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	harbiydim	harbi miydim?
sen (you were)	harbiydin	harbi miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	harbiydi	harbi miydi?
biz (we were)	harbiydik	harbi miydik?
siz (you were)	harbiydiniz	harbi miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	harbiydiler	harbi miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	harbiymişim	harbi miymişim?
sen (you were)	harbiymişsin	harbi miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	harbiymiş	harbi miymiş?
biz (we were)	harbiymişiz	harbi miymişiz?
siz (you were)	harbiymişsiniz	harbi miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	harbiymişler	harbi miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	harbiysem	harbi miysem?
sen (if you)	harbiysen	harbi miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	harbiyse	harbi miyse?
biz (if we)	harbiysek	harbi miysek?
siz (if you)	harbiyseniz	harbi miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	harbiyseler	harbi miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• harbi konuşmak
• harbici
• harbiden
• harbilik

Related terms

• harbiye
• harp
• muharebe
• muharip

Noun

harbi

1. definite accusative singular of harp

Adjective

harbi

1. misspelling of harbî

Further reading

• “harbi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “harbî”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2615