erbap

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ارباب (erbab), from Arabic أَرْبَاب (ʔarbāb), plural of رَبّ (rabb) (whence Rab). Compare Azerbaijani ərbab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Hyphenation: er‧bap

Noun

erbap (definite accusative erbabı, plural erbaplar)

1. connoisseur, expert

   Çağdaş sanat erbabı olan bir arkadaşım var.

   I have a friend who is a contemporary art connoisseur.

Declension

Declension of erbap

	singular	plural
nominative	erbap	erbaplar
definite accusative	erbabı	erbapları
dative	erbaba	erbaplara
locative	erbapta	erbaplarda
ablative	erbaptan	erbaplardan
genitive	erbabın	erbapların

Derived terms

• kalem erbabı

Related terms

• Rab
• rabbani

Further reading

• “erbap”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erbap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük