رقابت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رقابت (rakabat), from Arabic رَقَابَة (raqāba, “controlling, supervision”).

Noun

رقابت • (rekabet) (definite accusative رقابتی (rekabeti), plural رقابتلر (rekabetler))

1. rivalry, competition, an ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority

Derived terms

• رقابت ایتمك (rekabet etmek, “to compete, to vie”)
• رقابت قومیه (rekabet-i kâvmiye, “national rivalry”)

Descendants

• Turkish: rekabet
• → Crimean Tatar: reqabet

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “رقابت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 22
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rekabet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3952
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “rekabet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1061
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رقابت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 626
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رقابة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2346
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rekabet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رقابت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 982

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقَابَة (raqāba, “controlling, supervision”).

Note that Arabic رَقِيب (raqīb, “watchman, keeper”) became Persian رقیب (raqib, “rival, competitor”), traditionally thought to be because the beloved woman's watchman or guardian is the rival of the lover. The related word رقابت (reqâbat) has changed meaning accordingly.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.qɑː.ˈβat]

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	raqāḇat
Dari reading?	raqābat
Iranian reading?	reğâbat
Tajik reading?	raqobat

Noun

رقابت • (reqâbat)

1. competition; rivalry

Derived terms

• رقابت کردن (reqâbat kardan, “to compete”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rəqabət
• → Chagatai: رقابت
  • Uyghur: رىقابەت (riqabet)
  • Uzbek: raqobat
• → Northern Kurdish: reqabet
• → Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekabet)
  • Turkish: rekabet
  • → Crimean Tatar: reqabet
• → Pashto: رقابت (reqābát)