Arabic edit

Root
ء د ب (ʔ-d-b)

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the passive participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab) (feminine مُؤَدَّبَة (muʔaddaba), masculine plural مُؤَدَّبُونَ (muʔaddabūna), feminine plural مُؤَدَّبَات (muʔaddabāt))

  1. well-bred, well-mannered, civil, urbane
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: müəddəb
  • Persian: مؤدب
  • Ottoman Turkish: مؤدب (müeddeb)

Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the active participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib) (feminine مُؤَدِّبَة (muʔaddiba), masculine plural مُؤَدِّبُونَ (muʔaddibūna), feminine plural مُؤَدِّبَات (muʔaddibāt))

  1. educator
  2. teacher in a Koranic school
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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1960), “مؤدب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 9-10

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏaḇ
Dari reading? mo'addab
Iranian reading? mo'addab
Tajik reading? müʾaddab

Adjective edit

Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддаб

مؤدب (mo'addab)

  1. polite
  2. courteous
  3. civil
  4. learned
  5. chastised

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏiḇ
Dari reading? mo'addib
Iranian reading? mo'addeb
Tajik reading? müʾaddib

Noun edit

Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддиб

مؤدب (mo'addeb)

  1. instructor
  2. teacher
  3. chastiser