Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian رتبه (rutba), from Arabic رُتْبَة (rutba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رُتْبَہ (rutbam (Hindi spelling रुत्बा)

  1. rank, status, station
  2. designation
  3. distinction; eminence
  4. (mathematics) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

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Declension of رتبہ
singular plural
direct رُتْبہ (rutbah) رُتْبے (rutbe)
oblique رُتْبے (rutbe) رُتْبوں (rutbõ)
vocative رُتْبے (rutbe) رُتْبو (rutbo)

Further reading

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  • رتبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • رتبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رتبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “رتبه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 586