رتبہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رتبه (rutba), from Arabic رُتْبَة (rutba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾʊt̪.bɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: رُت‧بَہ

Noun

رُتْبَہ • (rutba) m (Hindi spelling रुत्बा)

1. rank, status, station
2. designation
3. distinction; eminence
4. (mathematics) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of رتبہ
	singular	plural
direct	رُتْبَہ (rutbah)	رُتْبے (rutbe)
oblique	رُتْبے (rutbe)	رُتْبوں (rutbõ)
vocative	رُتْبے (rutbe)	رُتْبو (rutbo)

Further reading

• “رتبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رتبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رتبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رتبه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.