Etymograph

English

Rabia

Rabia comes from Arabic رَبِيع ‘spring’, and goes back to أَرْبَعَة ‘four’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentأَرْبَعَةʔarbaʕa‘four’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَبِيعrabīʕ‘spring’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَابِعَةrābiʕafeminine of رَبِيع
  4. EnglishtodayRabia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentأَرْبَعَةʔarbaʕa‘four’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَبِيعrabīʕ‘spring’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentرَابِعَةrābiʕafeminine of رَبِيع
  4. EnglishtodayRabia

The story

Hence Rabia means both "spring" and "the fourth female".

Every English word from Arabic أَرْبَعَة

Today it means

name A female given name from Arabic, meaning spring, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia El Basri.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic أَرْبَعَة / Rabia

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