رقیب

See also: رقيب

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رَقِيب (raqīb).

Noun

رقیب • (raqib) (plural رقبا (roqabâ))

  1. guardian, keeper
  2. rival, competitor, adversary, antagonist

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: rəqib
  • → Georgian: რაყიფი (raq̇ipi)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: रक़ीब (raqīb)
    Urdu: رقیب
  • → Ottoman Turkish: رقیب (rakib)

References
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “رقیب”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 48
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