راهب

Arabic

Root
ر ه ب (r-h-b)

Etymology

Perhaps derived from the active participle of رَهِبَ (rahiba, “to dread”), from the root ر ه ب (r-h-b), with the intermediate meanings "dreader", "God-fearer", "God-worshiper", "venerator"; compare رَهَب (rahab, “veneration, respect”) and رَهْبَة (rahba, “terror; dread; awe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raː.hib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

رَاهِب • (rāhib) m (plural رُهْبَان (ruhbān), feminine رَاهِبَة (rāhiba))

1. (Christianity) monk
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:82:

     ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

     ḏālika biʔanna minhum qissīsīna waruhbānan waʔannahum lā yastakbirūna

     For there are among them priests and monks and they are not haughty.

Declension

Declension of noun رَاهِب (rāhib)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَاهِب rāhib	الرَّاهِب ar-rāhib	رَاهِب rāhib	رَاهِبَة rāhiba	الرَّاهِبَة ar-rāhiba	رَاهِبَة rāhibat
Nominative	رَاهِبٌ rāhibun	الرَّاهِبُ ar-rāhibu	رَاهِبُ rāhibu	رَاهِبَةٌ rāhibatun	الرَّاهِبَةُ ar-rāhibatu	رَاهِبَةُ rāhibatu
Accusative	رَاهِبًا rāhiban	الرَّاهِبَ ar-rāhiba	رَاهِبَ rāhiba	رَاهِبَةً rāhibatan	الرَّاهِبَةَ ar-rāhibata	رَاهِبَةَ rāhibata
Genitive	رَاهِبٍ rāhibin	الرَّاهِبِ ar-rāhibi	رَاهِبِ rāhibi	رَاهِبَةٍ rāhibatin	الرَّاهِبَةِ ar-rāhibati	رَاهِبَةِ rāhibati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَاهِبَيْن rāhibayn	الرَّاهِبَيْن ar-rāhibayn	رَاهِبَيْ rāhibay	رَاهِبَتَيْن rāhibatayn	الرَّاهِبَتَيْن ar-rāhibatayn	رَاهِبَتَيْ rāhibatay
Nominative	رَاهِبَانِ rāhibāni	الرَّاهِبَانِ ar-rāhibāni	رَاهِبَا rāhibā	رَاهِبَتَانِ rāhibatāni	الرَّاهِبَتَانِ ar-rāhibatāni	رَاهِبَتَا rāhibatā
Accusative	رَاهِبَيْنِ rāhibayni	الرَّاهِبَيْنِ ar-rāhibayni	رَاهِبَيْ rāhibay	رَاهِبَتَيْنِ rāhibatayni	الرَّاهِبَتَيْنِ ar-rāhibatayni	رَاهِبَتَيْ rāhibatay
Genitive	رَاهِبَيْنِ rāhibayni	الرَّاهِبَيْنِ ar-rāhibayni	رَاهِبَيْ rāhibay	رَاهِبَتَيْنِ rāhibatayni	الرَّاهِبَتَيْنِ ar-rāhibatayni	رَاهِبَتَيْ rāhibatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُهْبَان ruhbān	الرُّهْبَان ar-ruhbān	رُهْبَان ruhbān	رَاهِبَات‎; رَوَاهِب rāhibāt‎; rawāhib	الرَّاهِبَات‎; الرَّوَاهِب ar-rāhibāt‎; ar-rawāhib	رَاهِبَات‎; رَوَاهِب rāhibāt‎; rawāhib
Nominative	رُهْبَانٌ ruhbānun	الرُّهْبَانُ ar-ruhbānu	رُهْبَانُ ruhbānu	رَاهِبَاتٌ‎; رَوَاهِبُ rāhibātun‎; rawāhibu	الرَّاهِبَاتُ‎; الرَّوَاهِبُ ar-rāhibātu‎; ar-rawāhibu	رَاهِبَاتُ‎; رَوَاهِبُ rāhibātu‎; rawāhibu
Accusative	رُهْبَانًا ruhbānan	الرُّهْبَانَ ar-ruhbāna	رُهْبَانَ ruhbāna	رَاهِبَاتٍ‎; رَوَاهِبَ rāhibātin‎; rawāhiba	الرَّاهِبَاتِ‎; الرَّوَاهِبَ ar-rāhibāti‎; ar-rawāhiba	رَاهِبَاتِ‎; رَوَاهِبَ rāhibāti‎; rawāhiba
Genitive	رُهْبَانٍ ruhbānin	الرُّهْبَانِ ar-ruhbāni	رُهْبَانِ ruhbāni	رَاهِبَاتٍ‎; رَوَاهِبَ rāhibātin‎; rawāhiba	الرَّاهِبَاتِ‎; الرَّوَاهِبِ ar-rāhibāti‎; ar-rawāhibi	رَاهِبَاتِ‎; رَوَاهِبِ rāhibāti‎; rawāhibi

Descendants

• Maltese: raheb
• → Malay: rahib
  • Indonesian: rahib
• → Persian: راهب (râheb)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਹਬ (rāhab)

    Shahmukhi script: راهب (rāhab)

  • → Urdu: راہب (rāhib)
• → Ottoman Turkish: راهب (rahib)
  • Turkish: rahip

Malay

Noun

راهب (plural راهب-راهب or راهب۲, informal 1st possessive راهبکو, 2nd possessive راهبمو, 3rd possessive راهبڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of rahib

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاهِب (rāhib, “monk”).

Noun

راهب • (rahib) (plural رهبان (ruhban))

1. (Christianity) monk, a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service

   Synonyms: ابیل (ebil), كشیش (keşiş)

Derived terms

• راهبلك (rahiblik, “monkhood”)

Descendants

• Turkish: rahip

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rahip”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3932
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “râhib”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1047
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “راهب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 614
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Monachus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1073
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “راهب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2267
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راهب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 960

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاهِب (rāhib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑː.ˈhiβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.ɦɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.ɦɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.jɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.jíb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒː.ɦéb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ.ɦíb]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāhiḇ
Dari reading?	rāhib
Iranian reading?	râheb
Tajik reading?	rohib

Noun

راهب • (râheb)

1. monk

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਾਹਬ (rāhab)

  Shahmukhi script: راهب (rāhab)

• → Urdu: راہب (rāhib)