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يرمق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to observing, watching, or looking at something, often with a sense of vigilance or scrutiny. It can also refer to specific garments or items of clothing, possibly derived from the act of observing or being observed.

Derived headwords

يَرْمُقُverb
  1. 1.
    to watchboth

    To look at something attentively, to observe closely, often with a sense of vigilance or scrutiny.

رَمْقnoun
  1. 1.
    a glanceboth

    A brief look or glance; the act of observing for a short duration.

  2. 2.
    observationclassical

    The act of watching or observing.

مِرْمَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a garmentclassical

    A type of garment, possibly a coat or tunic, mentioned in classical texts.

يَلْمَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a coatclassical

    A type of coat or outer garment, identified as a Persian word (قباء).

يَرْمَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a coinclassical

    A Turkish word for a dirham (a silver coin).

Parallel reading

الدرهم يطعم الدرمق ويكسو اليرمق
The dirham feeds the dirmaq and clothes the yarmaq.
فسر اليرمق أنه القباء بالفارسية
The yarmaq was explained as the qaba' in Persian.
والمعروف في القباء أنه اليلمق باللام
And what is known of the qaba' is that it is the yalmaq (with a lam).
وأنه معرب
And that it is an Arabized word.
فأما اليرمق فهو الدرهم بالتركية
As for the yarmaq, it is the dirham in Turkish.
وروي بالنون
And it was narrated with a noon.