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شهرق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a spindle or bobbin used in weaving and related crafts. It also extends to the action of winding or revolving around such an object, often with a sense of circular motion.

Derived headwords

شَهْرَقnoun
  1. 1.
    spindle, bobbinclassical

    The spindle or bobbin around which a weaver winds the yarn. This word is of Persian origin but has been adopted into Arabic.

شَهْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to wind aroundclassical

    To wind or revolve around a spindle or bobbin, as a weaver does with yarn. This verb form is derived from the noun 'shahraq'.

Parallel reading

القصبة التي يدير حولها الحائك الغزل، كلمة فارسية قد استعملها العرب
The spindle around which the weaver turns the yarn, a Persian word that the Arabs have used.
رأيت في جنب القتام الأبرقا، ... كفلكة الطاوي أدار الشهرقا
I saw beside the dust-cloud the striped [animal], ... like the spindle of the one who spins, it turned the shahraq.
وكذلك شهرق الحائك والخارط والحفار؛ كله عن أبي حنيفة
And likewise the weaver, the engraver, and the digger wound [around]; all of this is from Abu Hanifa.