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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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rbn noun pl. emphatic
rbn, rbnˀ (rabbān, rabbānā) n.m. lord, master
1 chief, head man Palm, Qum, Sam, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) clerical leader, bishop or abbot Syr.
2 scholar, teacher JLAtg, Gal, Syr, Man. ▶ more

--(a) רַבָּנַן : lit. "our masters" : the rabbis JBA, JBAg.

(a.1) דְרַבָּנַן : rabbinical : q.v. JBA, JBAg.

(a.2) רַבָּנַן [דְדָרָא] דְסִיּוּמָא : backbenchers in the academy JBAg.

--(b) rabbinical students JBA, JBAg.