# مرتب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of رَتَّبَ (rattaba, “to arrange, to fix a salary for”).

#### Noun

مُرَتِّب • (murattib) m (plural مُرَتِّبُون (murattibūn), feminine مُرَتِّبَة (murattiba))
* arranger, consolidator
* typesetter, compositor

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of رَتَّبَ (rattaba, “to arrange, to fix a salary for”).

#### Adjective

مُرَتَّب • (murattab) (feminine مُرَتَّبَة (murattaba), masculine plural مُرَتَّبُونَ (murattabūna), feminine plural مُرَتَّبَات (murattabāt))
* arranged, consolidated
* regular
* ready

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

#### Noun

مُرَتَّب • (murattab) m (plural مُرَتَّبَات (murattabāt))
* salary, wages
** 1355 CE, Ibn Battuta, edited by Abd Al-Hādī At-Tāzī, رحلة ابن بطوطة المسماة تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار, volume 4, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, published 1997, →ISBN, page 41:وبهذا المسجد جماعة من الطلبة يتعلمون العلم ولهم مرتبات من مال المسجد، وله مطبخة يصنع فيها الطعام للوارد والصادر ولإطعام الفقراء من المسلمين بها.In this mosque also there are a number of students of religious science who receive stipends from its revenue, and it has a kitchen from which all travellers and the poor Muslims of the town are supplied with food.Translated by H. A. R. Gibb
* (in the plural) regular supplies

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَتَّب (murattab).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.ɾat.taβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.ɾät̪.t̪ʰäb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.ɾät̪.t̪ʰäb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.ɾät̪.t̪ʰäb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.ɾät̪.t̪ʰäb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.ɹæt̪.t̪ʰæb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.ɾät̪.t̪ʰäb]

### Adjective

مُرَتَّب • (morattab)
* arranged, consolidated
* orderly, ordered
* regular, continuous

### Adverb

مُرَتَّب • (morattab) (formal)
* repeatedly, continuously; keep...
    Synonym: (colloquial) هی (hey)
** 2024 December 22, Ali Khamenei, بیانات در دیدار مداحان اهل‌بیت علیهم‌السلام [bayânât dar didâr-e maddâhân-e ahl-e-beyt aleyhem-os-salâm, Statements made in a meeting with eulogists of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them)]‎:مرتب می‌گویند که جمهوری اسلامی، نیروهای نیابتی خودش را در منطقه از دست داد؛ این هم یک غلط دیگر. جمهوری اسلامی نیروی نیابتی ندارد.morattab miguyand ke jomhuri-ye eslâmi, niru-hâ-ye niyâbati-ye xod-as râ dar mantaqe az dast dâd; in ham yek ğalat-e digar. jomhuri-ye eslâmi niru-ye niyâbati nadârad.They repeatedly state that the Islamic Republic has lost its proxy forces in the region; this is another mistake [of theirs]. The Islamic Republic does not have proxy forces.

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مُرَتَّب (murattab). Equivalent to the passive participle of رتّب (rattab, “to organize, to tidy up”) .

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mrat.tab/, [ˈmrat.tab]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Adjective

مرتّب • (mrattab) (feminine مرتّبة (mrattabe))
* tidy, neat, organized
* nice, well put together
    هو ساكن في عمارة كتير مرتّبة.hū sāken fi ʕamāra ktīr mrattbeHe lives in a really nice building.
    بعد ما بلّش يروح عالنادي صار عنده جسم كتير مرتّب.baʕd ma ballaš yrūḥ ʕan-nādi ṣār ʕindo jism ktīr mrattabAfter he started going to the gym he started having a really nice body.