Arabic

Verb

رَبَّ • ‎(rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

1. to be master, to be lord
2. to have possession, to gather, to control
3. to have authority over, to govern
4. to impact, to comprise, to contain
5. to collect, to congregate
6. to grow, to increase, to become greater

Conjugation

Verb

رَبَّ • ‎(rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

1. to bring up, to raise (a child)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ر ب ب ‎(r-b-b); compare Hebrew רַב ‎(ráv, “master”) (source of English rabbi).

Noun

رَبّ • ‎(rabb) m ‎(plural أَرْبَاب ‎(ʾarbāb))

1. verbal noun of رَبَّ ‎(rabba) (form I)
2. master, lord, king, sovereign, potentate, gentleman

   الرَّبّ ‎(ar-rabb, “God, Lord”)

   رَبّ الْعَائِلَة ‎(rabb al-ʿāʾila, “paterfamilias”)

3. leader, chief, head

   رَبّ بَحْرِيّ ‎(rabb baḥriyy, “seaman (naval rank)”)

4. owner, proprietor
5. (with a following genitive) one possessed of, one endowed with
6. (with a following genitive) having to do with

Declension

Descendants

• Bashkir: раббы ‎(rabbï)

Etymology 3

Noun

رُبّ • ‎(rubb) m ‎(plural رِبَاب ‎(ribāb) or رُبُوب ‎(rubūb))

1. thickened fruit juice, thickened juice
2. mash, pulp

Declension

Etymology 4

From the root ر ب ب ‎(r-b-b); compare Hebrew רַב ‎(ráv, “many”) (feminine רַבָּה ‎(rabá)).

Adjective

رُبَّ • ‎(rubba)

1. (with a following indefinite genitive) many

   رُبَّ رَجُلٍ ‎(rubba rajulin, “many a man”)

   رُبَّ مَرَّةٍ ‎(rubba marratin, “many a time”)

Declension

Indeclinable, followed by the indefinite genitive singular.

Adverb

رُبَّ • ‎(rubba)

1. likely, perhaps, mayhap, potentially

Etymology 5

Verb

رَبِّ • ‎(rabbi) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رَبَّى ‎(rabbā)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَبّ ‎(rabb).

Noun

رب • ‎(rabb)

1. master
2. lord

Proper noun

رب • ‎(Rabb)

1. Lord
2. God

Etymology 2

From Arabic رُبّ ‎(rubb).

Noun

رب • ‎(robb)

1. tomato sauce

Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian رب ‎(rabb), from Arabic رَبّ ‎(rabb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəbb/

Noun

رب • ‎(rabb) m ‎(Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬ)

1. God

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic رَبّ ‎(rabb).

Noun

رب • ‎(rab) m ‎(Hindi spelling रब)

1. God

Synonyms

• خدا ‎(xudā)
• الله ‎(allāh)
• بھگوان ‎(bhagvān)