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Arabic

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Etymology

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Denominal verb of تَوْبَة (tawba). Doublet of ثَابَ (ṯāba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَابَ (tāba) I, non-past يَتُوبُ‎ (yatūbu)

  1. to repent, to be penitent [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to God’, along with عَنْ (ʕan) or مِنْ (min) ‘of a sin’]
    Synonyms: ثَابَ (ṯāba), رَجَعَ (rajaʕa), آبَ (ʔāba), أَنَابَ (ʔanāba), نَابَ (nāba)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:143:
      فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
      falammā ʔafāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ʔilayka waʔana ʔawwalu l-muʔminīna
      And when he (Moses) awoke, he said: "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of believers!"
  2. to accept repentance [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:17:
      إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
      ʔinnamā t-tawbatu ʕalā l-lahi lillaḏīna yaʕmalūna s-sūʔa bijahālatin ṯumma yatūbūna min qarībin faʔūlāʔika yatūbu l-lahu ʕalayhim wakāna l-lahu ʕalīman ḥakīman
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Related to Old Armenian տապ (tap, heat), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tāḇ
Dari reading? tāb
Iranian reading? tâb
Tajik reading? tob
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Noun

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Dari تاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоб

تاب (tâb)

  1. heat, warmth
  2. glow, radiance
  3. burning, inflaming, illuminating

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Dari تاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik тоб

تاب (tâb)

  1. endurance, power

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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تاب (tâb)

  1. swing (hanging seat)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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Iranian Persian
Tajik

تاب (tâb)

  1. present stem form of تافتن (tâftan)
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