مرتبه

See also: مرتبة and مرتبہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba, “step, rank, degree”).

Noun

مرتبه • (mertebe) (plural مراتب (meratib))

1. step, a rest for the foot in ascending or descending a stair or a ladder

   Synonyms: باصامق (basamak), پایه (paye), درجه (derece)

2. (figuratively) step, stage, phase, a distinct part of a process

   Synonym: باصامق (basamak)

3. (military) rank, grade, a hierarchical level in a military organization

   Synonyms: پایه (paye), رتبه (rütbe)

4. degree, point, extent, the amount that an entity possesses a certain property

   Synonym: درجه (derece)

Derived terms

• كمال مرتبه‌در (kemal mertebede, “perfectly”)
• ممكن مرتبه (mümkin mertebe, “as much as possible”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mertebe

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mertebe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3158
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mertebe”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 744
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرتبه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1146
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Gradus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 661
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مرتبه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4554
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mertebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرتبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1802

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾ.ta.ˈβa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.t̪ʰæ.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	martaḇa
Dari reading?	martaba
Iranian reading?	martabe
Tajik reading?	martaba

Noun

Dari	مَرتَبَه
Iranian Persian	مَرتَبِه
Tajik	маротиба

مرتبه • (martabe) (plural مراتب (marâteb))

1. rank; degree; position

   Synonym: مقام (maqâm)

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 64”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[6]:

     خلعتش داد مرا مرتبه و جاه و جلال
     صلتش کرد دل دشمن من زیر و زبر

     xal'at-aš dād ma-rā martaba u jāh u jalāl
     salt-aš kard dil-i dušman-i man zēr u zabar

     His robe of honor gave me rank and status and glory,
     His flashing sword made my enemy's heart flutter up and down.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 67”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎^[7]:

     سایهٔ تاج تو را مرتبهٔ خورشید است
     پایهٔ تخت تو را پایگه پروین است

     sāya-yi tāj-i tu rā martaba-yi xwaršēd ast
     pāya-yi taxt-i tu rā pāygah-i parwīn ast

     The shadow of your crown has the rank of the Sun,
     The foot of your throne has the standing of the Pleiades.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. time (as in three times, four times)

   Synonyms: بار (bâr), دفعه (daf'e)

   یک مرتبه ― yek martabe ― once

   سه مرتبه ― se martabe ― three times

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मर्तबा (martabā)

  Urdu: مرتبہ (martabā)