متقارب

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Arabic

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Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of the verb تَقَارَبَ (taqāraba, to participate).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مُتَقَارِب (mutaqārib) (feminine مُتَقَارِبَة (mutaqāriba), masculine plural مُتَقَارِبُونَ (mutaqāribūna), feminine plural مُتَقَارِبَات (mutaqāribāt))

  1. mutually approaching
  2. convergent

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: mütəqarib
  • Persian: متقارب (motaqâreb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: متقارب (mütekârib)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُتَقَارِب (mutaqārib).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mutaqāriḇ
Dari reading? mutaqārib
Iranian reading? motağâreb
Tajik reading? mutaqorib

Adjective

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متقارب (motaqâreb)

  1. convergent

Noun

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متقارب (motaqâreb)

  1. Short for بحر متقارب (bahr-e motaqâreb): a poetic meter associated with heroic epic poems, which is [ ˘ – – ˘ – – ˘ – – ˘ – ] where [ ˘ ] marks short syllables and [ – ] marks long ones