مربی

See also: مربي and مربى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مُرَبٍّ (murabbin), from the active participle of رَبَّى (rabbā).

Adjective

مُرَبّی • (mürebbi)

1. who nourrishes and brings up (a child)

Descendants

• Turkish: mürebbi

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مربی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1801

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُرَبَّى (murabbā), from the passive participle of رَبَّى (rabbā).

Alternative forms

• مربا

Adjective

مُرَبّیٰ • (mürebbâ)

1. nourished and brought up
2. preserved (fruit, etc.)

Noun

مُرَبّیٰ • (mürebbâ)

1. a preserve, a jam or a jelly of fruit

Descendants

• Turkish: murabba

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مربی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1801

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبٍّ (murabbin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾaβ.ˈbiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäb.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäb.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ɾäb.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäb.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɹæb.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɾäb.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	muraḇḇī
Dari reading?	murabbī
Iranian reading?	morabbi
Tajik reading?	murabbi

Noun

مربی • (morabbi) (plural مربی‌ها (morabbi-hâ) or مربیان (morabbiân))

1. coach
2. tutor, educator

Derived terms

• مربیگری (morabbi-gari, “coaching”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مربی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مربی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبٍّ (murabbin).

Noun

مُرَبّی • (murabbī) m (formal plural مُرَبّیان (murabbyān), Hindi spelling मुरब्बी)

1. nourisher
2. (Ahmadiyya) an Ahmadi imam or missionary