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Etymology edit

From tarbima +‎ -ja.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tarbija (genitive tarbija, partitive tarbijat)

  1. (economics) consumer (person purchasing goods)
    Synonyms: kasutaja, klient, konsument, ostja, tarvitaja, vananenud

Declension edit

Declension of tarbija (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tarbija tarbijad
accusative nom.
gen. tarbija
genitive tarbijate
partitive tarbijat tarbijaid
illative tarbijasse tarbijatesse
tarbijaisse
inessive tarbijas tarbijates
tarbijais
elative tarbijast tarbijatest
tarbijaist
allative tarbijale tarbijatele
tarbijaile
adessive tarbijal tarbijatel
tarbijail
ablative tarbijalt tarbijatelt
tarbijailt
translative tarbijaks tarbijateks
tarbijaiks
terminative tarbijani tarbijateni
essive tarbijana tarbijatena
abessive tarbijata tarbijateta
comitative tarbijaga tarbijatega

Related terms edit

nouns
verb

Further reading edit

  • tarbija”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • tarbija”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • tarbija”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • tarbija in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Maltese edit

Root
r-b-j
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَرْبِية (tarbiya, literally upbringing, rearing), which is also used in the sense “foster child” by transfer from the action to its object. Compare Moroccan Arabic تربية (tarbya, baby).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tarˈbiː.ja/
  • (file)

Noun edit

tarbija f (plural trabi)

  1. baby, infant