رغبة

Arabic

Root
ر غ ب (r-ḡ-b)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raɣ.ba/
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Noun

رَغْبَة • (raḡba) f (plural رَغَبَات (raḡabāt))

  1. verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba) (form I)
  2. ardent desire, longing for, wish
  3. willingness
  4. eagerness, zeal, diligence
  5. courage
  6. anything desired, object of a wish
  7. preference
  8. esteem, sympathy, inclination, affection
  9. pleasure in a thing

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: regħba
  • Azerbaijani: rəğbət
  • Persian: رغبت
  • Ottoman Turkish: رغبت
    > Turkish: rağbet (inherited)
    Crimean Tatar: rağbet
  • Uyghur: رىغبەت (righbet)
  • Uzbek: rag'bat

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رغبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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