ارباب

See also: أرباب and أزباب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb).

Noun

ارباب • (erbab)

  1. plural of رب (rab, “lord; owner”)

Adjective

ارباب • (erbab)

  1. competent, expert

Descendants

  • Turkish: erbap
  • → Macedonian: ербап (erbap)

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “erbab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ارباب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 65

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), originally the plural of رَبّ (rabb, “lord”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? arbāb
Dari reading? arbāb
Iranian reading? arbâb
Tajik reading? arbob

Noun

ارباب • (arbāb / arbâb) (plural اربابان (arbābān / arbâbân), Tajik spelling арбоб)

  1. boss
  2. major landlord, owner of an estate, feudal lord
  3. (historical) lord, master
    ارباب حلقه‌ها ― arbâb-e halqe-hâ ― The Lord of the Rings
  4. (collective, with ezâfe) the masters (of), those renowned (for), those possessing
    • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Admonition of the Martian Prophetess”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎[2]:
      دین نگردد پختہ بی آداب عشق
      دین بگیر از صحبت ارباب عشق
      dīn na-gardad puxta bē ādāb-i 'išq
      dīn bi-gīr az suhbat-i arbāb-i 'išq
      religion does not mature without Love’s schooling;
      learn religion from the company of the Lords of Love.
      (Indo-Persian script)
    Synonyms: صاحب (sâheb), اهل (ahl)
  5. (BDSM) master

Usage notes

  • The Arabic singular رب (rabb) is only used for God in modern Persian, and ارباب is considered singular.

Further reading

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