توبة
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
Noun
تَوْبَة • (tawba) f
- verbal noun of تَابَ (tāba) (form I)
- 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)
- Al-Nawawi
- 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.
- Mark 1:4, Van Dyck version
Declension
| 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
- تَابَ (tāba, “to repent”)
- تَوَّبَ (tawwaba, “to make repentant”)
- اِسْتَتَابَ (istatāba, “to propose that he repent”)
- تَوَّاب (tawwāb, “repentant”)
Descendants
- Maltese: tewba
- → Armenian: թոբա (tʻoba), թեբա (tʻeba), թուբա (tʻuba)
- → Azerbaijani: tövbə
- → Hausa: tuba
- → Northern Kurdish: tobe
- → Ottoman Turkish: توبه (tevbe)
- Turkish: tövbe, töbe
- → Classical Persian: توبه (tawba), توبة (towbat) (Classical Persian, archaic)
- → 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, , page 22
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
توبة • (tōba)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /taw.ˈbat/, /taw.ˈba/
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tawbát, tawbá |
Noun
توبة • (tawbat or tawba) (Classical Persian)
- archaic form of توبه
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ت و ب |
| 3 terms |
Alternative forms
- ثوبة (ṯōbe)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
توبة • (tōbe) f (singulative, collective توب m (tōb), paucal أتواب (ʔatwāb), plural تياب (tyāb))
Noun
توبة • (tōbe) f (plural أتواب (ʔatwāb))
- thobe (an ankle-length robe with long sleeves traditionally worn by Palestinian women)