مؤدب

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Arabic

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Root
ء د ب (ʔ d b)
9 terms

Etymology 1

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Derived from the passive participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab) (feminine مُؤَدَّبَة (muʔaddaba), masculine plural مُؤَدَّبُونَ (muʔaddabūna), feminine plural مُؤَدَّبَات (muʔaddabāt))

  1. well-bred, well-mannered, civil, urbane
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: müəddəb
  • Persian: مؤدب
  • Ottoman Turkish: مؤدب (müeddeb)

Etymology 2

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Derived from the active participle of أَدَّبَ (ʔaddaba, to educate; discipline)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib) (feminine مُؤَدِّبَة (muʔaddiba), masculine plural مُؤَدِّبُونَ (muʔaddibūna), feminine plural مُؤَدِّبَات (muʔaddibāt))

  1. educator
  2. teacher in a Koranic school
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “مؤدب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 9-10

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدَّب (muʔaddab).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏaḇ
Dari reading? mo'addab
Iranian reading? mo'addab
Tajik reading? müʾaddab

Adjective

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Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддаб

مؤدب (mo'addab)

  1. polite
  2. courteous
  3. civil
  4. learned
  5. chastised

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mu'aḏḏiḇ
Dari reading? mo'addib
Iranian reading? mo'addeb
Tajik reading? müʾaddib

Noun

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Dari مؤدب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъаддиб

مؤدب (mo'addeb)

  1. instructor
  2. teacher
  3. chastiser