رغبت

Arabic

Verb

رغبت (form I)

1. رَغِبْتُ (raḡibtu) /ra.ɣib.tu/: first-person singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
2. رَغِبْتَ (raḡibta) /ra.ɣib.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
3. رَغِبْتِ (raḡibti) /ra.ɣib.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
4. رَغِبَتْ (raḡibat) /ra.ɣi.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of رَغِبَ (raḡiba)
5. رَغُبْتُ (raḡubtu) /ra.ɣub.tu/: first-person singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
6. رَغُبْتَ (raḡubta) /ra.ɣub.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
7. رَغُبْتِ (raḡubti) /ra.ɣub.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)
8. رَغُبَتْ (raḡubat) /ra.ɣu.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of رَغُبَ (raḡuba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَغْبَة (raḡba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾaɣ.ˈbat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɣ.bǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räɣ.bǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räɣ.bǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räɣ.bǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæɢ.bǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäʁ.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	rağbat
Dari reading?	rağbat
Iranian reading?	rağbat
Tajik reading?	raġbat

Noun

رغبت • (rağbat)

1. propensity, liking, desire (for)
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 126:

     رغبت کوی خرابات کنند اهل بهشت
     که بدانند که در بی سر و سامانی چیست

     rağbat-i kō-yi xarābāt kunand ahl-i bihišt
     ki bidānand ki dar bē sar u sāmānī čīst

     The people of paradise desire the alley of the tavern,
     For they know what it is to be destitute.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• رغبت کردن (rağbat kardan)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “رغبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim