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تغغ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root describes the imitation of a sound, specifically a rattling or clinking noise. It is often associated with the sound produced when objects, like jewelry, strike against each other.

Derived headwords

التغتغةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound imitationclassical

    The act of imitating a sound, particularly a rattling or clinking noise. It refers to the sound produced when one object strikes another.

Parallel reading

التغتغة: حكاية صوت.
Al-taghtaghah: Imitation of a sound.
يقال: سمعت لهذا الحلى تغتغة، إذا أصاب بعضه بعضا فسمعت صوته
It is said: I heard this jewelry making a taghtaghah, if some of it struck some of it and you heard its sound.