# مرتبه
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

مرتبه • (mertebe) (plural مراتب (meratib))
* step, a rest for the foot in ascending or descending a stair or a ladder
    Synonyms: باصامق (basamak), پایه (paye), درجه (derece)
* (figuratively) step, stage, phase, a distinct part of a process
    Synonym: باصامق (basamak)
* (military) rank, grade, a hierarchical level in a military organization
    Synonyms: پایه (paye), رتبه (rütbe)
* 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 (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 744
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرتبه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, 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, 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, Vienna, column 4554
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mertebe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرتبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1802

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْتَبَة (martaba).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [maɾ.ta.ˈβa]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæɹ.t̪ʰæ.bé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäɾ.t̪ʰä.bǽ]

### Noun

| Dari | مَرتَبَه |
| Iranian Persian | مَرتَبِه |
| Tajik | маротиба |
مرتبه • (martabe) (plural مراتب (marâteb))
* rank; degree; position
    Synonym: مقام (maqâm)
** c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 64”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎:خلعتش داد مرا مرتبه و جاه و جلال صلتش کرد دل دشمن من زیر و زبرxal'at-aš dād ma-rā martaba u jāh u jalāl salt-aš kard dil-i dušman-i man zēr u zabarHis 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:سایهٔ تاج تو را مرتبهٔ خورشید است پایهٔ تخت تو را پایگه پروین استsāya-yi tāj-i tu rā martaba-yi xwaršēd ast pāya-yi taxt-i tu rā pāygah-i parwīn astThe shadow of your crown has the rank of the Sun, The foot of your throne has the standing of the Pleiades.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* 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)