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riba irba rbia bria ibra bira riab irab raib arib iarb airb rbai brai rabi arbi bari abri ibar biar iabr aibr bair abir

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Definitions and meaning of riba

riba

Etymology

From Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (uncountable)

1. (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.

Anagrams

• Abir, Bair, Bari, Bria, RAIB, abir, abri, bari, rabi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈri.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈri.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈri.ba]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

1. coast

Derived terms

• ribatge
• ribera

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonym: grosella

Synonyms

• (gooseberry): agrassó

Derived terms

• riber

References

• “riba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “riba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fula

Noun

riba ka

1. (Adamawa) benefit, profit

References

• Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1999) Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎^[2] (in French), retrieved 7 May 2023

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riba, from Latin ripa (“bank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriβa̝/

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (dated, geography) bank
2. (dated, geography) shore

Derived terms

Adverb

riba

1. up

Derived terms

• aínda por riba
• por riba
• por riba de

Related terms

• arriba

References

• “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “riba” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “riba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “riba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “riba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rì.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rɪ̀.bə́]

Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

1. bank interest, usury

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ), but the long ī suggests an intermediate, perhaps Fula riiba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ríː.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ríː.bàː]

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

1. profit
2. benefit, gain, advantage

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay riba, from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba (first-person possessive ribaku, second-person possessive ribamu, third-person possessive ribanya)

1. (Islam) interest, usury.

   Synonyms: bunga, renten

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

riba

1. Rōmaji transcription of リバ

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”). The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'.

A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)

Pronunciation

• (ribà) IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈbɐ]
• (rìba) IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪbɐ]

Noun

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4

1. boundary (dividing line or location between two areas)

   šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border

2. limit
3. narrow clearing in a forest
4. beaten path separating two meadows

Declension

Synonyms

• (boundary): ežia, siena

Derived terms

(Adjectives)

• beribis
• ribotas

See also

• (limit): galas, pabaiga

References

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riba/
• Rhymes: -iba, -ba, -a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *riba (“lap”). Cognate with Buginese riwa and Selaru riha.

Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

1. (anatomy) lap

   Synonym: pangku

Derived terms

See also

• kaki
• siku
• tangan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Noun

riba (Jawi spelling ريبا, plural riba-riba, informal 1st possessive ribaku, 2nd possessive ribamu, 3rd possessive ribanya)

1. (Islam) interest, usury

   Synonym: bunga

See also

• duit
• hutang
• wang

Descendants

• Indonesian: riba

Further reading

• “riba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*riba”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈbɑː/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f

1. interest (the price of credit)

Declension

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈriβo]

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. shore, bank

Related terms

• ribièra

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

Preposition

riba

1. upon
2. above
3. on

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. high, steep bank

   Synonyms: arriba, ribança, ribanceira

Adverb

riba

1. above

   Synonyms: acima, arriba

Derived terms

• ribança, ribanceira
• ribeiro, ribeirão, ribeirinho

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rîba/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ba

Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба, diminutive rȉbica, relational adjective rȉbljī)

1. fish (animal)

   grabežljiva riba ― predator fish

2. (slang) girl, chick
3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

Declension

Further reading

• “riba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rìːba/

Noun

ríba f

1. fish

Inflection

Further reading

• “riba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rīpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriba/ [ˈri.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ri‧ba

Noun

riba f (plural ribas)

1. (obsolete, often found in compound for names of towns) shore; shoreline

Derived terms

Further reading

• “riba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا (riban).

Pronunciation

Noun

riba (n class, plural riba)

1. interest
2. greed, avarice; usury

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa r̃ìba, or Hausa r̃ībā̀ ultimately from Arabic رِبًا (riban) or Arabic رِبْح (ribḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾì.bá/

Noun

rìbá

1. (law) bribery, kickback

   Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, (neologism) ẹ̀gúnjẹ

Derived terms

Source: wiktionary.org