ܪܒܝ

From ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “master”) +‎ -ܝܼ (-ī, “my”), literally “My master”.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rab.biː]

ܪܲܒܝܼ • (rabī) m (feminine ܪܲܒܬ݂ܝܼ (rabṯī))

1. sir, my master used when addressing a man

   Synonyms: ܡܵܪܝܼ (mārī), ܡܝܘܼܩܪܵܐ (myuqrā)

2. first-person single-possession of ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “leader, master”)

Developed from the above with the original meaning of “My master” not felt and hence this word is used as its own noun; compare also in ܪܲܒܲܢ (rabban, “monk”, literally “our master”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rab.biː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [raːbiː]

ܪܲܒܝܼ or ܪܵܒܝܼ • (rabī or rābī) m (plural ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ (rabīyē), feminine ܪܲܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rabīṯā))

1. professor, teacher (university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair)

   ܚܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܟ̈ܝܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܲܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.

   ḥarṯā pīš lēh rabī d-yulpān kyānāyāṯā gāw bēṯ ṣawbē d-šikkāgō.

   He then became a professor of physics at the University of Chicago.

2. rabbi, spiritual teacher (scholar or teacher, of any religion but especially Christianity)

   ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܟܹܐ ܡܲܒܸܠ ܓܲܘ ܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.

   awa ìlēh rabī d-kē mabbil gaw knuštā.

   He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 10 June 2022 (last accessed)
• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 10 June 2022 (last accessed)