نمرقة

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Arabic

نمرقة
 نمرقة on Arabic Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Parthian nmr (namr, soft) + -k (-ak, adjectival suffix), "thing having softness"; compare Zazaki nemr (soft) and Persian نرم (narm, soft, gentle).

Noun

نُمْرُقَة or نِمْرِقَة or نَمْرَقَة (numruqa or nimriqa or namraqaf (plural نَمَارِق (namāriq))

  1. cushion, bolster (for sitting)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:8-16:
      وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ ۝ لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ ۝ فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ۝ لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً ۝ فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ ۝ فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ ۝ وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ ۝ وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ ۝ وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ ۝
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Declension

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic, Leiden: Leiden University, page 17
  • Eilers, Wilhelm (1962) “Iranisches Lehngut im arabischen Lexikon”, in Indo-Iranian Journal (in German), volume 5, number 3, page 206
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نمرقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 338
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نمرقة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1317
  • Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, pages 65–66