erbap

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ارباب (erbab), from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb) (whence Rab). Compare Azerbaijani ərbab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Hyphenation: er‧bap

Noun

erbap (definite accusative erbabı, plural erbaplar)

1. connoisseur, expert

   Çağdaş sanat erbabı olan bir arkadaşım var.

   I have a friend who is a contemporary art connoisseur.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	erbap
Definite accusative	erbabı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	erbap	erbaplar
Definite accusative	erbabı	erbapları
Dative	erbaba	erbaplara
Locative	erbapta	erbaplarda
Ablative	erbaptan	erbaplardan
Genitive	erbabın	erbapların

Derived terms

• kalem erbabı

 

Related terms

• Rab
• rabbani

 

Further reading

• “erbap”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erbap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük