طوبى
See also: طوبی and طوبیٰ
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤuː.baː/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
طُوبَى • (ṭūbā) f
- feminine singular of أَطْيَب (ʔaṭyab)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Aramaic טוּבַא / ܛܘܒܐ (ṭūḇā).
Noun
طُوبَى • (ṭūbā) f
- blessedness, beatitude
- (Christianity) Beatitude (title of honor of a patriarch)
Declension
Declension of noun طُوبَى (ṭūbā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | طُوبَى ṭūbā | الطُّوبَى aṭ-ṭūbā | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
| Nominative | طُوبَى ṭūbā | الطُّوبَى aṭ-ṭūbā | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
| Accusative | طُوبَى ṭūbā | الطُّوبَى aṭ-ṭūbā | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
| Genitive | طُوبَى ṭūbā | الطُّوبَى aṭ-ṭūbā | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
Proper noun
طُوبَى • (ṭūbā) f
- (Islam) Ṭūbā (tree in al-Janna)
Declension
Declension of noun طُوبَى (ṭūbā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā | — |
| Nominative | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā | — |
| Accusative | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā | — |
| Genitive | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā | — |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Tuba
- → Ottoman Turkish: طوبی (tuba), طوبا (tuba)
- Turkish: Tuba
- → Persian: طوبی (tubâ)
- → Tajik: Тубо (Tubo)
- → Urdu: طوبیٰ (tūbā)
- → Uzbek: Tubo
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 24
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 206
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “طوبى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN