ya Rabbi
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic يا ربّي (yā rabbī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaː ɾabːi/
- Hyphenation: ya‧Rab‧bi
Interjection
ya Rabbi
- (vocative) my God
- Synonyms: Allah'ım, Tanrı'm, ya Rab, ya Rabb'im
Trivia
- Arabic رَبِّي (rabbī) is the 1st person singular possessive form.
Further reading
- ya Rabbi (veya Rab) in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “rab”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yarabbi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük