نقش

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See also: ن ف س

Arabic

Root
ن ق ش (n q š)
8 terms

Verb

نَقَشَ (naqaša) I (non-past يَنْقُشُ (yanqušu), verbal noun نَقْش (naqš))

  1. to emboss
    1. to variegate, to give different colours, to decorate, to embellish
    2. to engrave, to carve, to inscribe, to scratch, to peck, vel sim.
  2. to extract, to draw out, to pull out
    Synonym: اِنْتَقَشَ (intaqaša)

Conjugation

Verb

نَقَّشَ (naqqaša) II (non-past يُنَقِّشُ (yunaqqišu), verbal noun تَنْقِيش (tanqīš))

  1. synonym of نَقَشَ (naqaša)

Conjugation

Noun

نَقْش (naqšm

  1. verbal noun of نَقَشَ (naqaša) (form I)

Declension

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن ق ش
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَقَشَ (naqaša).

Pronunciation

Verb

نقش (nagaš) I (non-past يِنْقُش (yinguš))

  1. to emboss
    1. to variegate, to give different colours, to decorate, to embellish
    2. to engrave, to carve, to inscribe, to scratch, to peck, vel sim.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of نقش (nagaš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نقشت (nagašt) نقشت (nagašt) نقش (nagaš) نقشنا (nagašna) نقشتوا (nagaštu) نقشوا (nagašu)
f نقشتي (nagašti) نقشت (nagašat)
non-past m أنقش (ʔanguš) تنقش (tinguš) ينقش (yinguš) ننقش (ninguš) تنقشوا (tingušu) ينقشوا (yingušu)
f تنقشي (tinguši) تنقش (tinguš)
imperative m انقش (anguš) انقشوا (angušu)
f انقشي (anguši)

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَقَّشَ (naqqaša).

Pronunciation

Verb

نقش (naggaš) II (non-past يِنَقِّش (yinaggiš))

  1. (rare) synonym of نَقَش (nagaš)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of نقش (naggaš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نقشت (naggašt) نقشت (naggašt) نقش (naggaš) نقشنا (naggašna) نقشتوا (naggaštu) نقشوا (naggašu)
f نقشتي (naggašti) نقشت (naggašat)
non-past m أنقش (ʔanaggiš) تنقش (tinaggiš) ينقش (yinaggiš) ننقش (ninaggiš) تنقشوا (tinaggišu) ينقشوا (yinaggišu)
f تنقشي (tinaggiši) تنقش (tinaggiš)
imperative m نقش (naggiš) نقشوا (naggišu)
f نقشي (naggiši)

Etymology 3

From Arabic نَقْش (naqš).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَقْش (nagšm (plural نُقُوش (nugūš))

  1. engraving

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْش (naqš, engraving, variegation).

Noun

نقش (nakş or nakış)

  1. painting, an artwork done with the use of paint, especially on walls
    Synonym: رسم (resim)
  2. embroidery, the ornamentation of fabric using needlework

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْش (naqš).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? naqš
Dari reading? naqš
Iranian reading? nağš
Tajik reading? naqš
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

نقش (naqš) (plural نقش‌ها (naqš-hâ) or نقوش (noquš))

  1. role; part
    نقش‌های جنسیتیnaqš-hâ-ye jensiyatigender roles
    نقش مهمیnaqš-e mohemmian important role
  2. role (of an actor)
    نقش او در این فیلمnaqš-e u dar in filmhis role in this film
  3. drawing; painting; image
    میدان نقش جهانmeydân-e naqš-e jahânNaqsh-e Jahan Square (literally, “Image of the World Square”)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 357”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      هر دم از روی تو نقشی زندم راه خیال
      با که گویم که در این پرده چه‌ها می‌بینم
      har dam az rō-yi tu naqšē zanadam rāh-i xayāl
      bā ki gūyam ki dar īn parda či-hā mē-bēnam
      With every breath, an image of your face plunders the road of my thoughts;
      To whom shall I speak of the things that I see under this veil?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  4. impression; trace
  5. design; plan
  6. (chiefly gambling) luck

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نقش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim