ܪܒܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Developed from ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, master) + -ܝܼ (, my), literally my master, from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [rab.biː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [raːbiː]

Noun

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

  1. professor, teacher: a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.
    ܚܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ݂ ܟܝܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܵܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.
    ḥarṯā pīš lēh rabī dmmallūṯ kyānāyāṯē gāw bēṯ ṣāwbē dšikkāgō.
    He then became a professor of physics at the University of Chicago.
  2. rabbi, spiritual teacher: a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.
    ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܲܒܸܠ ܠܕܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.
    awa ìlēh rabī dmabbil ldknuštā.
    He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

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