تقريبا

See also: تقریبا

Arabic

Root
ق ر ب (q-r-b)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of تَقْرِيب (taqrīb, “approximation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taq.riː.ban/

Adverb

تَقْرِيبًا • (taqrīban)

1. approximately

Descendants

• → Hijazi Arabic: تقريبا (tagrīban) (learned)
• → Moroccan Arabic: تقريبا (taqrīban) (learned)
• → South Levantine Arabic: تقريبا (taʔrīban) (learned)
• → Azerbaijani: təqribən
• → Northern Kurdish: teqrîben
• → Ottoman Turkish: تقریبا
  • Turkish: takriben
• → Persian: تقریباً (taqriban)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: तक़रीबन (taqrīban)

    Urdu: تقریباً (taqrīban)

• → Swahili: takriban
• → Uyghur: تەقرىبەن (teqriben)
• → Uzbek: taqriban

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تقريبا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
5 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡ.riː.ban/

Adverb

تقريبًا • (tagrīban)

1. approximately

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taq.riː.ban/

• Audio

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Adverb

تقريبا • (taqrīban)

1. approximately

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ب
5 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʔ.riː.ban/, [taʔˈriː.ban]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Adverb

تقريبا • (taʔrīban)

1. nearly, almost, about, approximately

   Synonym: حوالي (ḥawāli)