تقريبا

تقريبا

See also: تقریبا‎

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of تَقْرِيب‎ (taqrīb, “approximation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taq.riː.ban/

Adverb

تَقْرِيبًا • (taqrīban)

1. approximately

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: تقريبا‎ (tagrīban) (learned)
• → Moroccan Arabic: تقريبا‎ (taqrīban) (learned)
• → South Levantine Arabic: تقريبا‎ (taʔrīban) (learned)
• → Azerbaijani: təqribən
• → Northern Kurdish: teqrîben
• → Ottoman Turkish: تقریبا‎
  • Turkish: takriben
• → Persian: تقریباً‎ (taqriban)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: तक़रीबन (taqrīban)

    Urdu: تقریباً‎ (taqrīban)

• → Swahili: takribani
• → Uzbek: taqriban

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “تقريبا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا‎ (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡriːban/

Adverb

تقريبا • (tagrīban)

1. approximately

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ر ب‎
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا‎ (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taq.riː.ban/

• Audio

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Adverb

تقريبا • (taqrīban)

1. approximately

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ب‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا‎ (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʔ.riː.ban/, [taʔˈriː.ban]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Adverb

تقريبا • (taʔrīban)

1. nearly, almost, about, approximately

   Synonym: حوالي‎ (ḥawāli)