عبقري

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Arabic

Etymology

From عَبْقَر (ʕabqar), name of a valley in Najd that was believed by Bedouins to be home to jinn poets.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.rijj/
    • (Kuwaiti) IPA(key): /ʕəbˈqə.ri/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.ri/

Adjective

عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy) (feminine عَبْقَرِيَّة (ʕabqariyya), masculine plural عَبَاقِرَة (ʕabāqira) or عَبْقَرِيُّونَ (ʕabqariyyūna), feminine plural عَبْقَرِيَّات (ʕabqariyyāt))

  1. of or pertaining to the Abqar valley
  2. genius
    Synonym: نَابِغَة (nābiḡa)

Declension

Noun

عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyym (collective)

  1. a kind of carpet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:76:
      مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ
      muttakiʔīna ʕalā rafrafin ḵuḍrin wa-ʕabqariyyin ḥisānin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عبقري (ʕabgari) (feminine عبقريَّة (ʕabgariyya), common plural عبقريِّين (ʕabgariyyīn) or عَبَاقرة (ʕabāgra))

  1. genius

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.ri/,
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Adjective

عبقري (ʕabqari) (feminine عبقريّة (ʕabqariyye), common plural عبقريّين (ʕabqariyyīn))

  1. genius