إستبرق

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Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian stplk (/⁠stabrag⁠/, shot silk), from stpl (/⁠stabr⁠/, strong); compare Classical Persian ستبر (sitabr, strong, thick).

Pronunciation

Noun

إِسْتَبْرَق (ʔistabraqm

  1. silk brocade
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 44:53:
      يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
      yalbasūna min sundusin wa-ʔistabraqin mutaqābilīna
      dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.

Declension

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic, Leiden: Leiden University
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 58–60
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “إستبرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate