Root

1 verb, 1 noun

ر ح ب

VerbForm IintransitiveTo be wide, to be vast

رَحُبَ

Root: ر ح ب

AR

الأرضُ: اتَّسَعَ

UR(supplied)

کشادہ ہونا، وسیع ہونا

EN

To be wide, to be vast

Quranic witness · shāhid

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ

Until, when the earth, despite its vastness, became narrow for them, and their souls confined them.

Qurʾān 9:118
NounWelcome! (a salutation; used ironically in this ayah)

مَرْحَبًا

Root: ر ح ب

AR

صَادَفَ سَعَةً؛ رُحْبًا وَمُفَخَّمَةً

UR(supplied)

خوش آمدید

EN

Welcome! (a salutation; used ironically in this ayah)

Quranic witness · shāhid

هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ

This is a company bursting in with you; no welcome for them.

Qurʾān 38:59