تاب

See also: تأب, تأت, پاپ, باب, بات, and باپ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ت و ب (t-w-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taː.ba/

Verb

تَابَ (tāba) I, non-past يَتُوبُ‎ (yatūbu)

  1. to repent, to be penitent, to do penance
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:143:
      فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
      falammā ʾafāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ʾilayka waʾana ʾawwalu l-muʾminīna
      And when he (Moses) awoke, he said: "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of believers!"
  2. to renounce, to forswear (with عَنْ (ʿan))

Conjugation


Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Related to Old Armenian տապ (tap, heat), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːb]

Noun

Dari Persian تاب
Iranian Persian تاب
Tajiki Persian тоб (tob)

تاب (tâb)

  1. heat, warmth
  2. glow, radiance
  3. burning, inflaming, illuminating

Etymology 2

Dari Persian تاب
Iranian Persian تاب
Tajiki Persian тоб (tob)

تاب (tâb)

  1. endurance, power

Etymology 3

تاب (tâb)

  1. swing (hanging seat)

References

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