Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Persian, Malay, Indonesian Scripts أديب(Arabic) ادیب(Persian) Pronounced Pron. /ʔa.ˈdiːb/(Arabic) /ʔæ.ˈd̪iːb̥/(Persian) /ˈa.dib/(Indonesian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "cultured, refined, well-mannered in Arabic.