محاربه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَارَبَة (muḥāraba).

Noun

محاربه • (muharebe) (plural محاربات)

  1. war
    • 1915 October 29, “عثمانلی ـ ائتلاف محاربه‌سی [Ottoman-Entente war]”, in Tasvir-i Efkâr:
      عثمانلی ـ ائتلاف محاربه‌سی باشلایالی بوكون تمام بر سنه اولویور.
      Osmanlı-Itilaf muharebesi başlayalı bugün tamam bir sene oluyor.
      Today a year has passed since the start of the Ottoman-Entente war.
  2. battle

Hyponyms

  • جهان محاربىسى

Descendants

  • Turkish: muharebe

References

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَارَبَة (muḥāraba).

Noun

محاربه • (muhārabáf

  1. battle, fight, action, combat

See also

  • محاربوي (muhāribawí)
  • محارب (muhāríb)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَارَبَة (muḥāraba).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? muhāraba
Dari reading? mohāraba
Iranian reading? mohârebe
Tajik reading? mu-horiba

Noun

Dari محاربه
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳориба

مُحارِبِه • (mohârebe) (plural محاربات (mohârebât), or محاربه‌ها)

  1. battle, fight, action, combat
    Synonyms: جنگ (jang), ستیز (setiz)
  2. (Islamic law) "war against God"; a crime in Islamic law subject to mandatory capital punishment, traditionally referring to highway robbery; in modern Iran, normally used for armed crime or militant activity

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müharibə
  • English: moharebeh