tebaa

Esperanto

Etymology

Named after the city of Thebes in Upper Egypt, from Ancient Greek Θしーたῆβべーたαあるふぁιいおた (Thêbai). Doublet of Tebo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈbaa]
• Rhymes: -aa
• Hyphenation: te‧ba‧a

Adjective

tebaa (accusative singular tebaan, plural tebaaj, accusative plural tebaajn)

1. Thebaic (of or relating to opium)

Derived terms

• tebaino
• tebaismo

 

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تبعه (teba'a), from Arabic تَبَعَة (tabaʕa), plural of تَابِع (tābiʕ).

Noun

tebaa (definite accusative tebaayı, plural tebaalar)

1. subject; subjects (person or people ruled over)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تبعه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 488
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN