قرابت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qa.ɾaː.ˈbat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑː.bǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑː.bǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔː.bǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ɹɒː.bǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔ.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qarābat
Dari reading^?	qarābat
Iranian reading^?	ġarâbat
Tajik reading^?	qarobat

Noun

قرابت • (qarâbat)

kinship tie; being related
Synonym: خویشی (xiši)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 148:
  و اندر آن شهر از قرابت کیستت
  خویشی و پیوستگی با چیستت
  wa andar ān šahr az qarābat kīst-at
  xwēšī u paywastagī bā čīst-at
  And in that town who is related to thee? With what hast thou kinship and affinity?
nearness; proximity
Synonym: نزدیکی (nazdiki)