طوبى
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
| 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
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
— |
| nominative | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
— |
| accusative | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
— |
| genitive | — | طُوبَى ṭūbā |
— |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Tuba
- → Bashkir: Туба (Tuba)
- → Ottoman Turkish: طوبی (tuba), طوبا (tuba)
- Turkish: Tuba
- → Pashto: طوبی
- → Persian: طوبی (tubâ)
- → Punjabi: طُوبیٰ (t̤ūbá)
- → Sindhi: طوبيٰ
- → Tajik: Тубо (Tubo)
- → Tatar: Туба (Tuba)
- → Urdu: طُوبیٰ (tūbā)
- → Uzbek: Tubo
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (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