كوكب

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Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Pronunciation

Noun

كَوْكَب (kawkabm (dual كَوْكَبَيْنْ (kawkabayn), plural كَوَاكِب (kawākib))

  1. (dated) star
    Synonym: نَجْم (najm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:4:
      إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ
      ʔiḏ qāla yūsufu li-ʔabīhi yā ʔabati ʔinnī raʔaytu ʔaḥada ʕašara kawkaban wa-š-šamsa wa-l-qamara raʔaytuhum lī sājidīna
      ˹Remember˺ when Joseph said to his father, “O my dear father! Indeed I dreamt of eleven stars, and the sun, and the moon—I saw them prostrating to me!”
  2. planet
    Synonyms: (dated) كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār), (dated) سَيَّارة (sayyāra)
  3. leucoma
  4. (Sudan) spear of a wide and jagged blade
    • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa, volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:
      ١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
      ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه
      1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
      2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: kewkba
  • Moroccan Arabic: كوكب (kawkab, kūkab)
  • Persian: کوکب (kowkab)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaw.kab/, /kuː.kab/

Noun

كَوْكب or كُوكب (kawkab or kūkabm (plural كواكب (kwākib))

  1. planet

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