tabir

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”). Cognate with Malay tabir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tabir/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bir

Noun

tabir

1. curtain

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tabir, from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪abɪr]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bir

Noun

tabir (plural tabir-tabir, first-person possessive tabirku, second-person possessive tabirmu, third-person possessive tabirnya)

1. curtain.

   Synonyms: gorden, layar, tirai

Derived terms

• bertabir
• menabiri
• tabir-mabir

 

• tabir asap
• tabir besi
• tabir gulung
• tabir surya
• tabir udara

 

Further reading

• “tabir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tabir/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bir

Noun

tabir (Jawi spelling تابير, plural tabir-tabir, informal 1st possessive tabirku, 2nd possessive tabirmu, 3rd possessive tabirnya)

1. Synonym of langsir (“curtain”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tabir

Further reading

• “tabir” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تعبیر (ta'bir), from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːbiɾ/

Noun

tabir (definite accusative tabiri, plural tabirler)

1. expression, phrase

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tabir
Definite accusative	tabiri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tabir	tabirler
Definite accusative	tabiri	tabirleri
Dative	tabire	tabirlere
Locative	tabirde	tabirlerde
Ablative	tabirden	tabirlerden
Genitive	tabirin	tabirlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tabirim tabirlerim 2nd singular tabirin tabirlerin 3rd singular tabiri tabirleri 1st plural tabirimiz tabirlerimiz 2nd plural tabiriniz tabirleriniz 3rd plural tabirleri tabirleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tabirimi tabirlerimi 2nd singular tabirini tabirlerini 3rd singular tabirini tabirlerini 1st plural tabirimizi tabirlerimizi 2nd plural tabirinizi tabirlerinizi 3rd plural tabirlerini tabirlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tabirime tabirlerime 2nd singular tabirine tabirlerine 3rd singular tabirine tabirlerine 1st plural tabirimize tabirlerimize 2nd plural tabirinize tabirlerinize 3rd plural tabirlerine tabirlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tabirimde tabirlerimde 2nd singular tabirinde tabirlerinde 3rd singular tabirinde tabirlerinde 1st plural tabirimizde tabirlerimizde 2nd plural tabirinizde tabirlerinizde 3rd plural tabirlerinde tabirlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tabirimden tabirlerimden 2nd singular tabirinden tabirlerinden 3rd singular tabirinden tabirlerinden 1st plural tabirimizden tabirlerimizden 2nd plural tabirinizden tabirlerinizden 3rd plural tabirlerinden tabirlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tabirimin tabirlerimin 2nd singular tabirinin tabirlerinin 3rd singular tabirinin tabirlerinin 1st plural tabirimizin tabirlerimizin 2nd plural tabirinizin tabirlerinizin 3rd plural tabirlerinin tabirlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular tabirim tabirlerim 2nd singular tabirsin tabirlersin 3rd singular tabir tabirdir tabirler tabirlerdir 1st plural tabiriz tabirleriz 2nd plural tabirsiniz tabirlersiniz 3rd plural tabirler tabirlerdir