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رسدق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a Persian loanword referring to a collection of houses or a village. It clarifies the correct pronunciation and origin of the term, distinguishing it from similar-sounding Arabic words.

Derived headwords

الرَّسْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    villageclassical

    A Persian loanword referring to a collection of houses, a settlement, or a village.

الرَّزْدَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    villageclassical

    An alternative pronunciation of the Persian loanword for a collection of houses or a village, considered to be of foreign origin.

رُسْتَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    villageclassical

    A term that should not be used, referring to a collection of houses or a village, as it is a mispronunciation of the Persian loanword.

Parallel reading

الرسداق والرزداق، فارسي: بيوت مجتمعة، ولا تقل رستاق.
Al-rasdaq and al-razdaq, Persian: collected houses, and do not say rustaq.
وكان الليث يقول للذي يقول له الناس الرستق، وهو الصف: رزدق، وهو دخيل.
And Al-Layth used to say for that which people called al-rustaq, which is the صف (plain/level ground), 'razdaq', and it is a loanword.