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/
    • (Kuwait, Persian Gulf) IPA(key): /ˈto.bɐ/

Noun

تَوْبَة • (tawbaf

  1. verbal noun of تَابَ (tāba) (form I)
  2. instance noun of تَابَ (tāba)
    • Al-Nawawi
      ولو تاب عن الجميع توبة واحدة بعد جميعها صحت توبته
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. 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.

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

Descendants

  • Maltese: tewba
  • Armenian: թոբա (tʻoba), թեբա (tʻeba), թուբա (tʻuba)
  • Azerbaijani: tövbə
  • Hausa: tuba
  • Northern Kurdish: tobe
  • Ottoman Turkish: توبه (tevbe)
  • Classical Persian: توبه (tawba), توبة (towbat) (Classical Persian, archaic)
    • Gujarati: તવબા (tavbā), તોબા (tobā), તૌબા (taubā)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: तौबा (taubā)
      Urdu: تَوبَہ (tauba)
  • Swahili: toba, kitubio
  • Turkmen: toba
  • Yoruba: túḿbá
  • Uyghur: توۋا (towa)
  • Uzbek: tavba

References

  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 84, page 27
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 22

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).

Pronunciation

Adverb

توبة • (tōba)

  1. never

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tawbát, tawbá

Noun

توبة • (tawbat or tawba) (Classical Persian)

  1. archaic form of توبه

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ت و ب
3 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَوْبَة (ṯawba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː.be/, [ˈtoː.be]
  • IPA(key): /toː.ba/, [ˈtoː.ba]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

توبة • (tōbef (singulative, collective توب m (tōb), paucal أتواب (ʔatwāb), plural تياب (tyāb))

  1. a garment, dress, robe
    Synonym: فستان (fustān)

Noun

توبة • (tōbef (plural أتواب (ʔatwāb))

  1. thobe (an ankle-length robe with long sleeves traditionally worn by Palestinian women)