رغبت

Arabic

Verb

رغبت (form I)

  1. رَغِبْتُ (raḡibtu) /ra.ɣib.tu/: first-person singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
  2. رَغِبْتَ (raḡibta) /ra.ɣib.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
  3. رَغِبْتِ (raḡibti) /ra.ɣib.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
  4. رَغِبَتْ (raḡibat) /ra.ɣi.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
  5. رَغُبْتُ (raḡubtu) /ra.ɣub.tu/: first-person singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
  6. رَغُبْتَ (raḡubta) /ra.ɣub.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
  7. رَغُبْتِ (raḡubti) /ra.ɣub.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
  8. رَغُبَتْ (raḡubat) /ra.ɣu.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَغْبَة (raḡba).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? raġbat
Dari reading? raġbat
Iranian reading? raġbat
Tajik reading? raġbat

Noun

رغبت • (raġbat)

  1. propensity, liking, desire (for)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 126:
      رغبت کوی خرابات کنند اهل بهشت
      که بدانند که در بی سر و سامانی چیست
      raġbat-i kō-yi xarābāt kunand ahl-i bihišt
      ki bidānand ki dar bē sar u sāmānī čīst
      The people of paradise desire the alley of the tavern,
      For they know what it is to be destitute.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

  • رغبت کردن (raġbat kardan)

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