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رستق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root, of Persian origin, refers to a rural district or cultivated land, often encompassing villages and their surrounding agricultural areas. It denotes the countryside and its inhabitants, contrasting with urban centers.

Derived headwords

الرِّسْتَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Rural districtboth

    A cultivated area, often comprising villages and their surrounding lands; a countryside or province.

الرَّزْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Rural districtclassical

    An alternative form for a rural district or cultivated land, of Persian origin.

الرَّسْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    Rural districtclassical

    Another variant form for a rural district or cultivated land.

الرَّسَاتِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Countrysideboth

    The plural of رستاق, referring to the cultivated lands, the countryside, or provinces.

Parallel reading

الرزتاق والرستاق واحد، فارسي معرب، ألحقوه بقرطاس.
Al-riztaq and al-ristaq are one, a Persian word Arabized, which they attached to qirṭās.
ويقال: رزداق ورستاق، والجمع الرساتيق وهي السواد؛
And it is said: rizdaq and ristāq, and the plural is al-rasātiq, which are the cultivated lands.
تقول خود ذات طرف براق: ... هلا اشتريت حنطة بالرستاق، سمراء مما درس ابن مخراق
A maiden with sparkling eyes says: ... Would you not buy wheat from the ristāq, dark from what Ibn Mikhraq has worn out.
رسداق ورزداق، ولا تقل رستاق.
Risdaq and rizdaq, and do not say ristāq.