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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the root ر ب ط (r-b-ṭ), related to binding, tying up or attaching.

Noun

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رِبَاط (ribāṭm (plural رُبُط (rubuṭ) or رِبَاطَات (ribāṭāt) or أَرْبِطَة (ʔarbiṭa))

  1. verbal noun of رَابَطَ (rābaṭa) (form III)
  2. A thing with which one ties, binds or makes fast: tie, band, ribbon, ligature, bondage, bond, fetter
  3. ribat (a frontier post where travellers (particularly soldiers) could stay)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: ribat
  • Persian: رباط (rebât)
  • Andalusian Arabic: رِبَاط (ribát)
 
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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رِبَاط (ribāṭm

  1. viburnum
    Synonym: أُفلُوس (uflūs)

References

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  • Idwar Ghalib (1988) الموسوعة في علوم الطبيعة[1], volume 1, Beirut: Dar el-Mashreq, →ISBN, page 103
  • Ibrahim Nihal (2009) معجم نحال في الأسماء العلمية للنباتات[2], Beirut: Maktabat Lubnan Nashiroun, →ISBN, pages 45, 186