رقیب
See also: رقيب
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic رَقِيب (raqīb).
Noun
رقیب • (raqib) (plural رقبا (roqabâ))
- guardian, keeper
- rival, competitor, adversary, antagonist
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: rəqib
- → Georgian: რაყიფი (raq̇ipi)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: रक़ीब (raqīb)
- Urdu: رقیب
- → Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib)
References
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “رقیب”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 48