لقب

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See also: لقت and لفت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ق ب (l-q-b)

Pronunciation

Noun

لَقَب (laqabm (plural أَلْقَاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. nickname
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:
      [] وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ []
      [] wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. title
  3. surname
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: laqam
  • Ottoman Turkish: لقب (laḳab)
    > Turkish: lakap (inherited)
  • Persian: لقب (laqab)
  • Swahili: lakabu
  • Uyghur: لەقەم (leqem)
  • Uzbek: laqab
References

Etymology 2

Denominal verb derived from the noun لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

Verb

لَقَّبَ (laqqaba) II, non-past يُلَقِّبُ‎ (yulaqqibu)

  1. to nickname, to title, to surname
Conjugation
References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? laqaḇ
Dari reading? laqab
Iranian reading? lağab
Tajik reading? laqab

Noun

لقب (laqab)

  1. title
  2. nickname

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ق ب
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَقَّبَ (laqqaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /laʔ.ʔab/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /laɡ.ɡab/,
  • (file)

Verb

لقّب (laʔʔab) II (present بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb))

  1. to nickname
    Synonym: سمّى (samma)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لقّب (laʔʔab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّب (laʔʔab) لقّبنا (laʔʔabna) لقّبتو (laʔʔabtu) لقّبو (laʔʔabu)
f لقّبتي (laʔʔabti) لقّبت (laʔʔabat)
present m بلقّب (balaʔʔeb) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb) بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb) منلقّب (minlaʔʔeb) بتلقّبو (bitlaʔʔbu) بلقّبو (bilaʔʔbu)
f بتلقّبي (bitlaʔʔbi) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb)
subjunctive m القّب (alaʔʔeb) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb) يلقّب (ylaʔʔeb) نلقّب (nlaʔʔeb) تلقّبو (tlaʔʔbu) يلقّبو (ylaʔʔbu)
f تلقّبي (tlaʔʔbi) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb)
imperative m لقّب (laʔʔeb) لقّبو (laʔʔbu)
f لقّبي (laʔʔbi)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

Noun

لقب (laqabm (plural ألقاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. title
  2. nickname

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَقَب (laqab) ("nickname, title, surname").

Noun

لقب (laqabm

  1. surname, family name, last name

Usage notes

In Tunisia, it was common for individuals to use their father's first name as their surname, rather than a traditional family name.

References

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

لَقَب (laqabm (Hindi spelling लक़ब)

  1. title, appellation, epithet
  2. surname
  3. nickname