Eastern Syriac :ܪܲܒܵܝ
Western Syriac :ܪܰܒܳܝ
Root :ܪܒܝ
Eastern phonetic :rab ' ba: i
Category :noun
[Professions]
English :an usurer , a loan shark / gombeen man , one who loans money at an exorbitant rate , an (unfair) moneylender ; also Sokoloff - ܪܵܒܵܝܵܐ
French :un usurier , un prêteur à un taux exorbitant ;
Dialect :Eastern Syriac, Classical Syriac

Cf. ܪܒܐ, ܪܒܵܝܵܐ, ܪܸܒܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ, ܪܸܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ

See also : ܣܵܠܵܡܕܵܪ, ܕܲܝܢܵܢܵܐ