riba

See also: RIBA

English

Etymology

Arabic رِبَا‎ (ribā)

Noun

riba (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

riba f (plural ribes)

  1. coast

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

Noun

r̃ìba f (possessed form r̃ìbar̃)

  1. bank interest, usury

Noun

r̃ībā̀ f (possessed form r̃ībàr̃)

  1. profit
  2. benefit, gain, advantage

Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِبًا‎ (riban).

Noun

riba f

  1. interest (the price of credit)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at interest. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see riba in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ribà f (plural rìbos) stress pattern 4 [1]

  1. boundary[2] (dividing line or location between two areas)
    šaliẽs ribà - frontier, border
  2. limit[2]

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Adjectives)

See also

References

  1. ↑ “riba” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. 1 2 “riba” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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
  • ribièra

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish arriba.

Adverb

riba

  1. on
  2. upon

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rȉba f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏ба)

  1. fish (animal)
  2. (slang) girl, chick
    • 2007 November 12, Zvonimir Milčec, “Puca kino na staroj streljani u Tuškancu”, in Jutarnji list‎:
      Streljanu današnje generacije znaju samo kao omiljeno kino Tuškanac, gdje smo rado vodili svoje trebe, mačke, ribe, kite i komade i odgledali velik dio svog repertoara vesterna i krimića, gdje se naveliko pucalo.
  3. (slang) (ribica, diminutive) vagina

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrìːba/
  • Tonal orthography: ríba

Noun

ríba f (genitive ríbe, nominative plural ríbe)

  1. fish

Declension

Swahili

Noun

riba (n class, plural riba)

  1. interest
  2. greed, avarice; usury
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