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ribat

ribat noun: a border or frontier guardpost.

Noun

ribat (plural ribats)

  1. (especially, historical) A border or frontier guardpost.
  2. (historical) A caravanserai or inn in, converted from, or resembling such a guardpost.
  3. (historical) The duty of some men to serve at such posts.
  4. (figuratively) The duty of all Muslims to defend and/or retake Islamic lands.
  5. A Sufi monastery.
  6. (historical) An Islamic convent.

Forms of ribat

pluralribats

Origin of ribat

Borrowed from Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ).

Words that rhyme with ribat

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Questions about ribat

What does ribat mean?
Ribat means a border or frontier guardpost.
What part of speech is ribat?
Ribat is a noun.
What is the plural of ribat?
The plural of ribat is ribats.

Words near ribat in the dictionary

  1. ribands
  2. Ribar
  3. Ribars
  4. Ribas
  5. Ribases
  6. ribat
  7. ribats
  8. ribattuta
  9. ribattutas
  10. ribattute
  11. ribaud

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