رقابة

Arabic

Root
ر ق ب (r-q-b)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.qaː.ba/, /ri.qaː.ba/

Noun

رَقَابَة or رِقَابَة • (raqāba or riqāba) f

  1. verbal noun of رَقَبَ (raqaba) (form I)
  2. censorship
  3. controlling
  4. supervision
  5. expectation

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: رقابت (raqābat/reqâbat, competition)
    • Azerbaijani: rəqabət
    • Chagatai: رقابت
      • Uyghur: رىقابەت (riqabet)
      • Uzbek: raqobat
    • Northern Kurdish: reqabet
    • Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekâbet)
    • Pashto: رقابت (reqābát)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رقابة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رقابة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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