ربما
Arabic
Etymology
Compounded of رُبَّ (rubba) + مَا (mā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rub.ba.maː/
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Adverb
رُبَّمَا or رُبَمَا • (rubbamā or rubamā)
- perhaps, maybe
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:2:
- رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ
- rubamā yawaddu allaḏīna kafarū law kānū muslimīna
- Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.
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References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ربما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN