توبة
See also: بوته and توبہ
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed before Islam from Aramaic תְּתוּבְתָּא (tǝṯūḇtā) in the Judaic circle. Forms doublets of the forms under the Arabic root ث و ب (ṯ-w-b) related to returning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taw.ba/
- (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic, Persian Gulf) IPA(key): /ˈto.bɐ/
Noun
تَوْبَة • (tawba) f
- verbal noun of تَابَ (tāba) (form I)
- instance noun of تَابَ (tāba)
- Al-Nawawi
- ولو تاب عن الجميع توبة واحدة بعد جميعها صحت توبته
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Al-Nawawi
- repentance
- Mark 1:4, Van Dyck version
- كان يوحنا يعمد في البرية ويكرز بمعمودية التوبة لمغفرة الخطايا.
- John baptized in the wilderness, and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- Mark 1:4, Van Dyck version
Declension
Declension of noun تَوْبَة (tawba)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | تَوْبَة tawba | التَّوْبَة at-tawba | تَوْبَة tawbat |
| Nominative | تَوْبَةٌ tawbatun | التَّوْبَةُ at-tawbatu | تَوْبَةُ tawbatu |
| Accusative | تَوْبَةً tawbatan | التَّوْبَةَ at-tawbata | تَوْبَةَ tawbata |
| Genitive | تَوْبَةٍ tawbatin | التَّوْبَةِ at-tawbati | تَوْبَةِ tawbati |
Derived terms
- تَابَ (tāba, “to repent”)
- تَوَّبَ (tawwaba, “to make repentant”)
- اِسْتَتَابَ (istatāba, “to propose that he repent”)
- تَوَّاب (tawwāb, “repentant”)
Descendants
- → Armenian: թոբա (tʿoba), թեբա (tʿeba), թուբա (tʿuba)
- → Azerbaijani: tövbə
- → Hausa: tuba
- → Northern Kurdish: tobe
- → Ottoman Turkish: توبه (tevbe)
- Turkish: tövbe, töbe
- → Persian: توبه
- → Hindi: तौबा (taubā)
- → Urdu: توبہ
- → Swahili: kitubio
- → Yoruba: túḿbá
- → Uzbek: tavba
References
- Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 27
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).
Adverb
توبة • (tōba)
- never
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ت و ب |
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ثوبة فلسطينية – Palestinian thobe
Alternative forms
- ثوبة (ṯōbe)
Etymology
From Arabic ثَوْبَة (ṯawba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toː.be/, [ˈtoː.be]
- IPA(key): /toː.ba/, [ˈtoː.ba]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Noun
توبة • (tōbe) f (singulative, collective توب m (tōb), paucal أتواب (ʔatwāb), plural تياب (tyāb))
- a garment, dress, robe
- Synonym: فستان (fustān)
Noun
توبة • (tōbe) f (plural أتواب (ʔatwāb))
- thobe (an ankle-length robe with long sleeves traditionally worn by Palestinian women)