רבי

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ribi/

Noun

רִבִּי • (ribbī) m (plural רבנא‎)

  1. rabbi, spiritual teacher
  2. master

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: ῥαββί (rhabbí) (see there for further descendants)

Hebrew

Etymology

רַב‎ (ráv, “master”) +‎ ־י‎ (-i, “my”)

Noun

רַבִּי • (rabí) m

  1. rabbi, spiritual teacher

Descendants
  • → Arabic: رَابِي‎‎‎ (rābī)
    Tunisian Arabic: ربّي‎‎‎ (rǝbbi)
  • → Armenian: րաբբի (rabbi)
  • → Chinese: 拉比 (lābǐ)
  • → Hindi: रबी (rabī)
  • → Japanese: ラビ (rabi)
  • → Korean: 랍비 (rapbi)
  • → Persian: ربی‎‎‎ (rabi)
  • → Urdu: ربی‎‎ (rabī)
  • → Yiddish: רבי‎ (rbi)
    • → English: rebbe
    • → Russian: ребе (rebe)
    • → Ukrainian: ребе (rebe)

See also

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew and Aramaic רבי‎ (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”).

Noun

רבי • (rebe) m, plural רביס‎ (rebes) or רביים‎ (rabeyem) , accusative and dative רבין‎ (rebn)

  1. (historical or Hasidic) rabbi
    ‏איינער האָט ליב דעם רבין און דער אַנדערער די רביצין.‎‎
    eyner hot lib dem rebn un der anderer di rebetsin.
    One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.

Usage notes
  • This is one of the few Yiddish nouns that declines. The accusative and dative are both רבין‎ (rebn).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: rebbe
  • → Russian: ребе (rebe)
  • → Ukrainian: ребе (rebe)

See also
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