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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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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