Arabic edit

Root
ر ب و (r-b-w)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Noun edit

رِبًا (ribanm (dual رِبَوَان (ribawān) or رِبَيَان (ribayān))

  1. interest
  2. (Islamic finance) usury, usurious interest
  3. gain in selling, profit
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • English: riba
  • Hausa: r̃ìba
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रिबा (ribā)
    Urdu: ربا (ribā)
  • Malay: riba
  • Swahili: riba
  • Tigre: ርባ (rəba)
  • Turkish: riba

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

رَبَا (rabā) I, non-past يَرْبُو‎ (yarbū)

  1. to grow
  2. to increase
Conjugation edit

Persian edit

Verb edit

ربا (robâ)

  1. present stem form of ربودن (robudan)

Further reading edit

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

From رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

رَبّا (rabbā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬਾ)

  1. vocative singular of رَبّ (rabb, Lord)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ربّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਰੱਬਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun edit

ربا (ribām (Hindi spelling रिबा)

  1. interest

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Punjabi رَبّا (rabbā), from رَبّ (rabb, Lord).

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

رَبّا (rabbā) (Hindi spelling रब्बा)

  1. Clipping of ہائے رَبّا (hāe rabbā, oh Lord!).