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نيبق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of garment, possibly a shirt or tunic, and its Persian origin. The entry discusses the Arabicization of the Persian term.

Derived headwords

نِيقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Shirtclassical

    A type of shirt or tunic, likely of Persian origin.

نِيفَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Shirtclassical

    A Persian word for a shirt or tunic, which has been Arabicized.

Parallel reading

نيبق القميص: نيفقه
The shirt: its Persian equivalent is nīfaq.
فارسي أعربوه بالرباعي كما أعربوه بالثلاثي في نيفق
It is Persian, and they Arabicized it with the quadriliteral form, just as they Arabicized it with the triliteral form in nīfaq.