قرابت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَابَة (qarāba).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	qarāḇat
Dari reading?	qarābat
Iranian reading?	ğarâbat
Tajik reading?	qarobat

Noun

قرابت • (qarâbat)

1. kinship tie; being related

   Synonym: خویشی (xiši)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 148:

     و اندر آن شهر از قرابت کیستت
     خویشی و پیوستگی با چیستت

     wa andar ān šahr az qarābat kīst-at
     xwēšī u paywastagī bā čīst-at

     And in that town who is related to thee? With what hast thou kinship and affinity?

2. nearness; proximity

   Synonym: نزدیکی (nazdiki)