Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

Named after the city of Thebes in Upper Egypt, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai). Doublet of Tebo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [teˈbaa]
  • Rhymes: -aa
  • Hyphenation: te‧ba‧a

Adjective edit

tebaa (accusative singular tebaan, plural tebaaj, accusative plural tebaajn)

  1. Thebaic (of or relating to opium)

Derived terms edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish تبعه (teba'a), from Arabic تَبَعَة (tabaʕa), plural of تَابِع (tābiʕ).

Noun edit

tebaa (definite accusative tebaayı, plural tebaalar)

  1. subject; subjects (person or people ruled over)

References edit

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 488
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN